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Wooden flooring for the environment
A swing towards environmentally friendly products combined with wood's warming aesthetic, is fuelling a growing interest in timber flooring, specialists say. Read the article here.
Solid timber holds its own in wet areas
Solid timber bench-tops, even sinks and basins, are holding their own as suitable products for wet areas like kitchens and bathrooms thanks to advances in coating applications. Kings Fourth Generation Woodworking Co Ltd have been at the forefront of these. Read more here.
In a castle of stone, wood sinks
England's youngest castle, Castle Drogo, built almost 100 years ago, sports several teak sinks set in a wooden bench-top. It is likely that they used wood to minimise breakages of fine china.
View the blog with links to more images here.
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Events and Seminars
Builders’ workshops on leaky home repairs
Builders who want to get involved in leaky home repairs can now sign up for a practical one-day workshop, running around the country from 22 July to 3 September. Places are limited so read more here and register today.
RMB House of the Year regional results coming in
The Registered Master Builders House of the Year and Commercial Project Awards start with regional finalists, and these results are being posted as they happen. So far results are in for Southern Region, West Coast, Nelson, South Canterbury and Marlborough. Read the results here.
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