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<b>Insulation</b> Knauf Insulation has introduced a new method of packaging for its Crown Insulation glass mineral wool. The Durapak and SupaKube condense insulation using compression technology and stronger packaging materials, making them more compact,

The inside story

Insulation - internal, external or both? Tim Palmer talks to suppliers about the options for situations where high performance, fire resistance and easy installation are paramount

Sounding off

Plasterboard manufacturers have released a raft of Part E-compliant products designed for maximum efficiency and ease of use. Fiona McWilliam takes a look at their benefits

Ever Changing Rooms

Interior finishes are crucial to making houses into homes – and selling them. Fiona McWilliam reviews the latest trends in tiling and decoration, and finds out how high tech lighting control systems arebeing used to create interior “moods”

Review remedy

Our team from Campbell Hooper - Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Bill Bidder – explains when a judicial review may be requested, and how to determine a site’s boundary line – which is not always as simple as it may sound

Chris Crook

Fishing, windsurfing, snowboarding, refurbing an 18th century house, bringing up six kids… it’s hard to imagine where Chris Crook finds the time to be southern regional md at Countryside Properties Residential

Another view

Happy customers do not equate to higher sales. New home quality can not match that of other products. Design excellence will not change buyers’ attitudes to new developments. And off-site manufacturing is not a panacea for the industry.

The walrus

This month the Walrus is spoiling” for a fight over an issue “arising” over how to define, and dispose of, muck dug up on site

Keeping track of the green stuff

Sustainability demands are really starting to bite. As Steve Menary reports, if you can’t prove your credentials, then local authorities, English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation will not do business with you