All Housing articles – Page 387
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Features
Smoke and heat alarm
Aico has launched a smoke and heat alarm system with a remote control switch.
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FeaturesThe attainment of zero
Housing The industry clearly has a lot of work to do to achieve carbon-free homes by 2016. Jan-Carlos Kucharek looks at four projects that are working out how it can be done
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FeaturesFloor-standing condensing gas boiler
Boiler manufacturer Potterton has launched a floor-standing condensing gas boiler with an integrated hot water cylinder.
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Bouygues out of race for Lambeth PFI scheme
Bouygues has been squeezed off the shortlist for the capital’s most hotly contested PFI housing scheme.
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FeaturesDrainage channel for patios
Manthorpe has launched a drainage channel for patios and driveways.
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Circular extractor unit
Danish ventilation specialist XTP Design has brought out a motorised extractor unit for kitchens and bathrooms.
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FeaturesWalk-in shower enclosures
Aqata has brought out a range of walk-in shower enclosures called Minimalist.
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Heat exchanger for flats
Alfa Laval has launched a heat exchanger to transfer heat from a district system to the local hot water supply in flats.
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Home networking system
Network solutions company Emitex has upgraded its home networking chassis to make it easier to install.
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Spending watchdog probes housebuilders’ performance
National Audit Office examines why industry is still falling short of output targets
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NewsKelly to toughen standards in private rented sector
But critics argue that the introduction of a ‘level playing field’ could put off many investors
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Smart showerhead
Upmarket bathroom fittings maker Hansgrohe has brought out a shower unit called Raindance AIR Showerpipe.
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Stainless steel sinks
Carron Phoenix has launched a range of stainless steel sinks called Zeta. They have 180mm deep bowls and a draining board and sit 4mm off the work surface.
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FeaturesStainless steel sinks
Carron Phoenix has launched a range of stainless steel sinks called Zeta. They have 180mm deep bowls and a draining board and sit 4mm off the work surface.
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NewsCrest wins showpiece zero carbon scheme in Docklands
Ken Livingstone hands Crest Nicholson consortium a showpiece zero carbon scheme at Gallion's Reach in London's Docklands
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NewsHouse prices now over £200,000
Price of average house in UK is £201,090 according to latest figures from DCLG
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Bellway comes bottom of Cabe's list which judges the quality of housing designs among the top ten housebuilders
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NewsBarratt uses £2.2bn deal to reinvent its brand
Company becomes Britain’s biggest housebuilder after Britain’s biggest housebuilding takeover, and in the process moves upmarket and enters the FTSE 100
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What the Barratt deal means for the sector
Barratt’s purchase of Wilson Bowden enables it to regain the crown of Britain’s biggest housebuilder, which it lost last year to Persimmon.
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NewsBlowing in the wind
The Joseph Rowntree Trust’s pioneering development – the pre-fabricated city-centre apartments for single people at affordable rents (CASPAR) housing scheme in Leeds – will be demolished.