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Cavalok Helps Bramall Construction Achieve Passivhaus
1st March 2012Cavalok cavity closers have helped Bramall Construction build 14 dwellings in Ditchingham, South Norfolk, to internationally-recognised Passivhaus standards.
Sidey, the window fabricator, recommended Cavalok because they knew it had an off-the-shelf solution for Passivhaus and Code for Sustainable Homes up to Level 6 from the work both companies had carried out on a similar project in County Durham.Posted in: Eurocell news, Specifier news, UPVC Trade news0 Comments
Eurocell Makes It A Hat-Trick With Building Awards 2012
24th February 2012Advances in post-consumer recycling and innovative new product development are just two of the reasons for Eurocell being shortlisted for the third consecutive year in the prestigious Building Awards 2012.
Eurocell, part of the Tessenderlo Group, is one of only six companies nationally to be selected as finalists in the Manufacturer of the Year category, and the only PVC-U systems company.Posted in: Eurocell news, Eurocell profiles news, Homeowner news, UPVC Trade news, Specifier news0 Comments
Rough Guide To Regulations
26th August 2011Phil Parry, Accreditations Manager at Eurocell, outlines simple new ways to achieve window energy ratings and building regulations compliance for your windows and doors.
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Housebuilders Call To Arms
10th August 2011Housebuilders across the UK are recovering from challenging times in recent years. The survivors have emerged leaner, smarter and more efficient than ever. House sale transactions are on the up again after reaching a low of 160,000 in the first quarter of 2009. By quarter four they were up to 277,000. Home affordability has also improved and banks are starting to increase mortgage lending. House prices are expected to fall back marginally in 2011, but then rise in the years up to 2015. From the depths of gloom a year or so ago, there are glimmers of optimism in the housebuilding market.
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Malbern Windows Takes Extra Care of Residents on PFI Scheme
19th March 2009Malbern Windows is celebrating another successful project completion after supplying over 500 windows to Cheshire Extra Care, a £200m+ PFI housing scheme - one of the largest of its kind in the UK. Cheshire Extra Care is a design-and-build project awarded to avantage, a consortium made up of Harvest Housing Group, MJ Gleeson Group and Nationwide Building Society. Malbern Windows supplied and installed the windows on behalf of main contractor, ...
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