PRESSALIT CARE BATHROOMS HELP RESPITE RESIDENTS INCREASE THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE
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Specialist bathrooms from Pressalit Care have been installed in the Morewood Centre, a newly built community respite home run by Derbyshire County Council. Pressalit Care have installed their height adjustable, ergonomic washbasins, toilets, hand rails and grab rails in eleven bathrooms and shower rooms in the centre. Two of the assisted bathrooms also benefit from the innovative Pressalit Care track system, which allows for items such as the washbasin to be horizontally adjusted.
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NENAGH ARTS CENTRE
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The recent refurbishment of the Nenagh Arts Centre in County Tipperary in the Irish Republic represents an impressive piece of international collaboration. In order to ensure the optimum acoustic performance for their stage and seating areas, architect Eoin O’Grady of Healy and Partners turned to the expertise of the A. Proctor Group. The A. Proctor Group’s years of experience in the field of building acoustics led them to specify the Sylomer Vibration Isolation system.
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HEAT RECOVERY IN AN AIRTIGHT WORLD
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The SAP Q eligible HRU ECO 4 MVHR whole-house ventilation system from Itho offers a heat recovery of up to 91%; the unit transfers heat from the extracted contaminated air and fuses it into the incoming fresh air in order to maintain optimum temperatures. It is one of the most energy efficient systems on the market. Suitable for use in residential buildings, new builds, high and low rise buildings and renovations (where improvements to air tightness have been made).
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STYROFOAM INSULATES UK'S FIRST RURAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PASSIVHAUS SCHEME
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FLOORMATE 300-A – a STYROFOAM-A insulation material manufactured by Dow Building Solutions – is being used to insulate what is set to be the UK’s first rural affordable housing scheme to gain Passivhaus certification. FLOORMATE 300-A is being installed below the concrete floor slabs of the ground-breaking 14 dwelling development in Wimbish, Essex, aiming for completion in Spring 2011. FLOORMATE 300-A is highly durable with excellent moisture-resistance and compressive strength, enabling the insulation to perform outside the waterproofing envelope.
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CROWN CLEAN EXTREME PROVES AN IDEAL MATCH FOR SCOTTISH SCHOOL
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The ultra hardwearing coating Crown Trade Clean Extreme Scrubbable Matt Emulsion made the grade for the interior of a new Scottish school. Mile End Primary School in Aberdeen has been completed as part of Aberdeen City Council’s £120 million flagship 3Rs (Reorganise, Renovate, Rebuild) schools development programme. The specification of Crown Trade’s most hardwearing and practical matt coating is ideal for the rigors of school life. Clean Extreme Scrubbable Matt also balances extreme durability with good looks. More Website
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PILKINGTON PLANAR™ SHOWS STUDENTS THE WAY
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London South Bank University has recently opened its state of the art K2 Building, which utilises Pilkington Planar™ glazing to create an open and accessible new learning facility for students. The new building replaces the former Student Union building and its location on Keyworth Street. The use of Pilkington Planar™ helps create a welcome entrance to the new building for students and visitors, and offers a modern and attractive new campus space for the students of London South Bank University. More Website
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ROCKWOOL LAUNCHES NEW ROCKPRIME LOFT INSULATION BROCHURE
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Rockwool has produced a brochure for its new RockPrime loft insulation which is a super fast and highly effective way of insulating the loft area within old and new houses. The brochure has been written to help construction and maintenance professionals such as architects, specifiers and builders to understand the characteristics and benefits of blown loft insulation. RockPrime blown loft insulation is a safe durable material that will remain an effective insulant for the life of the building. More Website
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GRANITE TRANSFORMATIONS LAUNCHES TOTAL KITCHEN REFACING
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Granite Transformations, best known for its worktops that fit on top, has expanded its franchise package with the addition of replacement kitchen doors. This enables its franchisees to offer a complete kitchen refacing service. What distinguishes the Granite Transformations refacing concept from others in the market is the use of tough, durable diamond-polished worktops, rather than resprays or laminates, and the fact that all installations will be carried out by directly-employed qualified fitters, not contractors. More Website
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SADOLIN ULTRA - DELIVERING ALL WEATHER WOOD PROTECTION FOR THE LONG TERM AT GLASGOW’S HELIX BUILDING
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Sadolin Ultra has been specified to deliver long lasting protection from the extremes of the Scottish climate, whilst maintaining the natural qualities of the wood at the Helix Building in Glasgow. Offering a high performance formulation, Sadolin Ultra features advanced UV-Active technology, containing UV light absorbers that deliver extra protection in areas prone to high sun exposure and harsh weather conditions. The woodstain provides up to seven years of lasting protection against any wearing weather.
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FAKRO ROOF WINDOWS PROVIDE THE ULTIMATE BURGLARY DETERRENCE
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In terms of security, a product has to be tested to virtual destruction to determine whether it truly performs. Even so, the ultimate proof is a real burglary attempt and in the case of FAKRO’s topSafe® system the results of attempts to gain access speak for themselves. 3 FTP-V windows in conservation style had been installed in a clay plain tiled roof which was targeted because views were obscured from the ground.
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FROZEN PEAS GET THE WATERMATIC TREATMENT!
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Birds Eye’s pea processing and packing plant just outside Hull demands huge quantities of water and in order for the processing machinery to run smoothly, without the problems associated with limescale build up, they need a little help from technology. One of the bits of technology they have turned to is Watermatic’s KalGuard + system. Watermatic is increasingly offering many large businesses a way of reducing their energy consumption by reducing limescale build up in their plant and systems.
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STANNAH – RESTORING VICTORIAN ROMANCE IN LIVERPOOL
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A Stannah Goodsmaster 500B goods lift is playing a vital role in the rebirth of the Isla Gladstone Conservatory, an idyllic Grade II Listed Victorian glass house located in the grounds of Liverpool’s Stanley Park. The Goodsmaster contributes to its 21st-century performance, distributing a whole range of deliveries between the two storeys. Available in 500kg to 1500kg capacities, the lift operates inside a rapidly erected, structure-supported frame, making installation swift and simple with the minimum of builders’ work.
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