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Rytons Metal Air Bricks Help with Rat Problems
When searching for food and shelter, a rat's powerful jaw enables them to chew through a wide range of building materials, including the most durable plastic air bricks on the market, to enter a property. When it comes to replacing damaged plastic bricks, it is important that the new air bricks have a similar air [...]
Fire Safety and A1 Fire-rated Ducting Explained
Following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, the government commissioned an independent review of the Building Regulations and fire safety. Recommendations in the report quickly resulted in changes to regulations banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of relevant buildings above 18m (11m in Scotland). Consequently, since December 2018, all materials or products [...]
Housing Secretary Outlines Plans to Reduce Multi-storey Building Threshold to 11m
NEWS: On Monday (20 January 2020), Robert Jenrick, secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, delivered his update on the Building Safety Programme. With regards to the ban on the use of flammable materials, the Housing Secretary told the House of Commons “We banned the use of combustible materials in the external walls [...]