Timber Topics November 2024 | Fencing
As winter approaches, merchants should make sure you have sufficient stock of fence panels so that customers can fulfil any repair work if the UK faces heavy storms over the coming months.
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Timber Topics October 2024 | Fire Safety
Do you know the facts about flame retardant treatments and wood products? Merchants play an important role in promoting fire safety, and in ensuring the products you sell are fit for purpose. Here, we explain some of the key terminology and what you need to know about the products you...
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Timber Topics September 2024 | EUTR Update
The EU Timber Regulation is being replaced by the European Deforestation Regulation for wood and wood products entering the EU market. This will place additional responsibilities on some companies who wish to sell wood products to the EU. Most merchants will not need to make changes unless they or their...
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Timber Topics August 2024 | EPD Database
Merchants, their customers and other built environment professionals can now access Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for the most common timber products on Timber Development UK’s new online EPD database which covers products such as sawn softwood, CLT, LVL, Glulam, I-joists and hardwood plywood.
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Timber Topics July 2024 | TDUK Resources
Timber Development UK is working tirelessly to develop new resources for merchants to improve their timber knowledge. Some can be downloaded from our website by logged-in TDUK members, others are freely available online to the entire industry, and all have been created to help further the use of timber as...
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Everything you need to know about timber
Timber Development UK is working tirelessly to introduce new timber resources for merchants, builders and everyone involved in the timber supply chain. CEO David Hopkins explores the latest additions. At TDUK we believe that providing merchants and their customers with access to valuable information about building with timber is fundamental...
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Low-carbon housing needs serious attention
The announcement of yet another new Housing Minister brings into sharp relief the need for Government to focus seriously on the needs of the construction sector, says David Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer of Timber Development UK. Rachel Maclean MP was named Minister of State for Housing on 7 February –...
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Remind your customers to check timber cladding
A recent flurry of cladding inspection requests received by the Timber Decking and Cladding Association has revealed that basic, fundamental installation principles for timber cladding are being ignored. Timber cladding is often installed as a rainscreen on buildings across the UK. To operate correctly as such, the cladding must be...
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Make the most of TDUK resources
At Timber Development UK our remit is to provide our members with the very latest news, information and updates from across the timber supply chain. Every day we work to connect, inspire and support more than 1,500 businesses to build a better world through wood. The Timber Development UK website...
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