We will be closed 24 December – 2 January. Orders placed during this period will be processed and delivery dates confirmed from week commencing 5 January.
Mon 22 & Tue 23 Dec: 8am–3pm.
Mon 29 & Tue 30 Dec: 8am–4pm (trade counter only)
Reopen as normal from Friday 2 January: 8am–4pm
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Most homeowners assume insulating a loft is a simple weekend job. The standard narrative involves driving down to the local builders’ merchant, buying a dozen rolls of cheap fibreglass wool, and unrolling them between the wooden joists. The reality of working in older UK housing stock is significantly more complex and fraught with hidden traps. […]
Most manufacturer marketing treats multifoil insulation like a magic space blanket. The glossy brochures show pristine, perfectly square rafters and a tradesman effortlessly rolling out a gleaming foil sheet. The reality on a cold Tuesday in November, staring up at the uneven, twisting timbers of a 1930s semi-detached property, is starkly different. When you are […]
The UK climate is notoriously unforgiving on exterior facades. If you are installing an External Wall Insulation (EWI) system, the final topcoat is the only thing standing between your expensive base layers and driving November rain. Specifying a cheap, rigid acrylic render might save a few quid on the initial materials bill, but when that […]
Retrofitting floor insulation in older UK properties is notoriously difficult. If you are a contractor working on a standard Victorian terrace or a mid-century semi, you already know the nightmare of trying to meet modern Part L Building Regulations without completely destroying the client’s ground floor layout. When you specify traditional rigid PIR boards, you […]
The UK retrofitting sector is currently operating under intense regulatory pressure. If you are a contractor upgrading the thermal performance of an existing solid brick property, building control is going to demand a maximum U-value of 0.30 W/m²K to comply with Part L of the Building Regulations. Achieving this target without triggering internal damp issues […]
Walk onto almost any active building site in the UK, from a high-end bespoke new build down to a weekend garage conversion, and you will inevitably spot the familiar foil-faced boards stacked in the corner. Celotex GA4000 has cemented its position as the default insulation board for British tradesmen. The reason for this dominance is […]
The UK rendering market is notoriously loyal to a handful of legacy brands, but loyalty does not always equal performance. Over the last few years, contractors and architects have begun quietly shifting their specifications away from the old guard. The reason is simple: modern site conditions demand materials that are highly workable, consistent from bag […]
Time is money on a building site, and few things eat up labour hours quite like internal wall insulation. In the past, bringing an older UK solid brick property up to modern thermal standards meant building an independent timber stud wall, cutting PIR boards to fit between the studs, laying a vapour barrier, and then […]
When an architect specifies Ceresit for an External Wall Insulation (EWI) project, or an experienced renderer insists on it, they are doing so for a very specific reason. They are not looking for the cheapest foam board on the market. They are looking for absolute structural reliability. The frustration for many tradespeople in the UK […]
If you own a solid-wall property built before the 1920s, you already know the reality of British winters. You can pump as much gas into the central heating as you like, but the heat bleeds straight out through the brickwork. Unlike modern homes with cavity walls that can be cheaply filled with blown beads, solid […]
