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Sponsorship and Courses
In this article, our London flooring professionals will talk about the impact of sponsorship on the new training courses. The support by the suppliers, London flooring contractors and manufacturers plays a vital role when speaking of securing sponsorship. In order to maintain and develop new courses and promote better quality. Fortunately, supporters and sponsors are very pleased with the idea improving the sector and show strong commitment to invest in training. You will learn a little bit more information about the following courses below as...
read moreFlooring Industry’s Construction Products Regulations – What You Need to Know
Should you be concerned as an architect, designer, manufacturer, importer or distributor about the documentation relevant to purchasing floorcovering and the process of acquiring a CE mark on your product. Let's hear out what our London flooring specialists have to say about that. Since 1st of July 2013, when the Construction Products Directive (CPD) was replaced, the European legislation obliges all manufacturers, importers and distributors to obey the Construction Products Regulations (CPR) and obtain CE mark on all construction...
read moreSo What’s the Real Cost For Winning Work?
A recent research discovered that the real price of the bidding process that is paid in the construction industry is about £3 billions. London flooring contractors say that during Digital Construction Week a webinar will be hold to show how to reduce these costs through digitalisation dramatically. What the research showed was that the bid cost figures out to 0,57% of the value of the project. However, when you add the amount that is spent on losing and winning bids the total is estimated to be almost £3 billions. What flooring experts...
read moreWhat Else You Should Know About The Apprenticeship Levy
Even though it is a major topic for discussions, especially after it came into effect on 6th April this year, there are still many people that do not fully understand the apprenticeship levy for UK employers. London flooring experts will provide us with further details on the matter and how it will affect businesses. To begin with, let`s see what exactly the apprenticeship levy is. As the current government showed ambitions to raise the number of apprenticeships in the UK when it was elected in 2015, they created a plan to follow so...
read moreFacebook Fun With ‘United Floorlayers’
If you are working in the floor fitting industry, perhaps you might want to find people you can discuss things related to it. If you are already on Facebook, feel free to join the “united floorlayers”. We are completely aware of how big of an impact the social media has on connecting with people now, with employees from your local London flooring company and maybe some of your colleagues to other professionals from all around the globe. You can perceive other’s work and opinions, as well as help out if you got the experience they...
read moreHave You Visited CFJ’s Flooring Library?
In this article, we will talk about CFJ – it is our inspiration for most of the articles we write so our London flooring professionals think it deserves its own post, its flooring library in particular. The library is free to use and provides a lot of helpful information for flooring contractors, interior designers, architects and facilities managers. You can browse through numerous products – manufacturers have provided high-quality images. You can search by location or by products - thanks to its high degree of specificity each user...
read moreWhat About The New Floorlayer Trailblazer Apprenticeship?
While you read this article, a new floor layer apprenticeship standard is being developed by 10 employers that run floor laying businesses. The need for this standard is a result of the big changes which the government has made in all apprenticeships in England in terms of assessment, content and funding. Now let`s see what do the changes look like – our London flooring specialists will share below: We've already mentioned in one of our previous articles that in April the introduction of the apprenticeship levy states that employers...
read moreUnderfloor Heating Meets All Your Needs
There were many debates in which is the most appropriate way of heating up your home, unfortunately there isn’t really a one-size-fits-all solution here. Keep in mind that there are various factors like size of the property, architecture, sustainability, cost and others affecting this hard decision. London flooring contractors highly recommend the underfloor heating system, it really is all you need. If you are still undecided or sceptic, this article might be very helpful. What are the benefits of installing the underfloor heating...
read moreThe Better New Standard For Overlayment Plywood
There is a newly-published British Standard (BS 8203:2017) concerning overlay plywood and today our London flooring professionals will discuss the code of practice for installation of resilient floor coverings. It is of great importance for the flooring industry as for the first time there is a guidance of Contract Flooring Association included as a “normative reference” about overlay plywood. In other words, this means that anyone that works in accordance with the new version of the standard must use a plywood for overlayment which meets...
read moreSize Does Matter In Flooring
It is a common scenario for London flooring contractors to have a job too big for hand application too small to pump when applying smoothing compounds. If the job is small it can be easily done by a single person or a gang that will mix the smoothing compound in a bucket using a mechanical mixer – it is a proven method and it is a piece of cake compared to 'stick and bucket' technique that was used last year by London flooring contractors. In order to provide smooth flooring, a spiked roller and trowel are typically used. When a specific...
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