Monthly Archives: February 2010
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GlassTalk Extra at G Regional Villa Park in April
The G Regional event taking place at Villa Park will have a unique ingredient in the form of a special edition of the highly successful GlassTalk On The Couch series. Begun last year following the cancellation of Glassex from its traditional March date, GlassTalk is based upon the simple philosophy that people like to talk and meet other people with similar interests.
The G Regional will host a special, one off edition of the On the Couch interviews that have become the other highly popular facet of GlassTalk.
This GlassTalk On the Couch Special, which will be take place adjacent to the G Regional exhibition, will provide visitors and exhibitors alike, with the unique opportunity to question the heads of each of the major glass and glazing industry-related trade associations. Whether your interest is aluminium, PVC-U, timber or the broader aspects of the glass and glazing industry, you can…
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Interview with Giles Willson – BFRC
The following interview was recently added to the Renegade Conservatory Guy blog. Please free to add your comments on the impending changes to WERs here also:
Can you explain how the impending changes to the compliance with building regulations in October will affect the industry as a whole?
We will not know what the actual requirements for the revision to Approved Document L Conservation of fuel and power & Approved Document F Ventilation until they are published at the beginning of April 2010.
We know from the 2009 consultations that for England and Wales the proposal is WER band C for replacement windows and U value 1.8 for replacement doors. Regarding trickle ventilators within replacement windows these are going to be considered mandatory for all replacements. In addition conservatories are being considered to have the dispensation for compliance under ADL removed; this would mean conservatories…
