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September 6, 2024

Types Of Roof Ventilation Explained

Roof ventilation facilitates continuous airflow through the roof space, and prevents the build-up of warm…

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August 8, 2024

Why Fire Rated Cavity Closers Are Essential for Modern Safety and Confinement

Fire rated cavity closers are essential for modern building safety. They play a critical role…

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August 8, 2024

What Are Wall Gables?

What are Wall Gables? Cavity wall gables refer to the triangular section of a wall…

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August 8, 2024

What Is A Weep Vent?

Cavity trays are essential components in construction, ensuring moisture control within cavity walls. One critical…

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May 10, 2024

Damp Proof Courses

Damp-proof courses (DPCs) are critical components in construction, preventing dampness from rising through walls and…

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April 16, 2024

Non-Combustible Fire-rated Beak Weep

Cavity Trays is proud to introduce a new evolution in cavity trays for high-rise buildings:…

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March 11, 2024

Circular Cavitray Control

Circular openings in external cavity walls require DPC protection to ensure penetrating rain is prevented…

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March 11, 2024

Building Envelope = 20 – 5 = 30?

During December ‘23 and January ’24, the cold, windy weather experienced in the UK caused…

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February 12, 2024

House Builders Standard Solution Solves Threshold Problems

Thresholds play a crucial role in the construction of buildings. They are the transition points…

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January 31, 2024

Elevation Evaluation

Water penetration of the exterior leaf of a masonry wall is a common problem that…

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January 9, 2024

Damp after the storm

The recent weather conditions have brought to light ten construction details that can pose a…

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November 30, 2023

A new Chapter in DPCs and Trays

The NHBC has released updated guidance on the provision of cavity trays to ‘complicated junctions’.…

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September 22, 2023

Venting the Extension Where it Joins?

There is commonly a requirement to provide roof ventilation when extending a property. Where a…

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September 22, 2023

Cavity Tray Requirement with Conservatories

In 2013 the Department for Communities and Local Government issued a directive regarding conservatories and…

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September 22, 2023

Cavity Wall Reveal – Improved Performance

Cavity Wall Reveal – Improved Performance The review of Part L highlights the importance of…

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September 22, 2023

The Cavity Wall Performance Question?

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September 22, 2023

Protection and Wet Deflection – Best Practice

Protection and Wet Deflection – Best Practice. Avoiding exterior skin deficiency There are situations where…

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September 22, 2023

Are you DPC Compliant?

Construction is an amalgam of disciplines, in which varying Standards, build details and best practice…

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September 22, 2023

Tread Carefully Using the BS 8215 DPC Staircase

Tread Carefully Using the BS 8215 DPC Staircase Various British Standards have been withdrawn in…

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September 22, 2023

Cavitray BWVC Solves Damp Dilemma

Cavitray BWVC Solves Damp Dilemma A builder who had constructed houses with bay windows in…

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