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  • what are chapter 8 barriers?
    November 13, 2024

    What are Chapter 8 Barriers?

    When you need to protect the public, or workers from a hazardous activity or situation, Chapter 8 barriers provide a fast, flexible, and highly visible modular solution. Chapter 8 fencing is designed to be lightweight and cost-effective while being sturdy...

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  • Constructing Sleeper Steps for Your Garden
    October 29, 2024

    Constructing Sleeper Steps for Your Garden

    Using timber sleepers to create steps in your garden is a great way to manage transitions from one area to another. Sleeper steps not only look good but can be installed quickly with a minimum of fuss whether you are...

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  • How to Lay Sleepers for Garden Edging
    September 19, 2024

    How to Lay Sleepers for Garden Edging

    Sleepers are a great way to organise space in a garden. They can be handled easily and fitted quickly. With the right preparation and planning, with sleeper border edging, you can give your garden a makeover in no time. At...

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  • Window Lintels: A Detailed Guide
    August 30, 2024

    Window Lintels: A Detailed Guide

    Window lintels come in many forms depending upon the work they have to do and what the make-up is of the wall in which it sits. A window lintel on the ground floor of a building may actually have to...

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  • Door Lintels: A Detailed Guide
    June 28, 2024

    Door Lintels: A Detailed Guide

    If a door is set in a masonry wall, whether it is brick, block, or stone, there will be a lintel overhead holding up the structure directly above it. In a timber-framed construction, there will be a lintel over any...

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  • How Much Weight Can a Concrete Lintel Support?
    June 20, 2024

    How Much Weight Can a Concrete Lintel Support?

    How much weight a concrete lintel can support is determined by two main factors, the height of the lintel, and the amount of reinforcement embedded within. The narrower an opening, the smaller the lintel needs to be. Concrete lintels, made...

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  • UK Building Regulations Part L Photographic Compliance
    June 2, 2024

    UK Building Regulations Part L Photographic Compliance

    > Download Our Part L Compliance Photography Checklist Here < The UK Building Regulations Part L is all about improving sustainability in the building industry by improving the energy performance of residential and commercial buildings. As standards improve and the...

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  • Lintel Failure Signs: Repair or Replacement Guide
    May 17, 2024

    Lintel Failure Signs: Repair or Replacement Guide

    Lintels are key structural elements in the construction of any building and are used over doors, window openings and service exits and entryways. When a lintel fails, for whatever reason, the results can be catastrophic. Being able to spot the...

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