https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/is-skimming-cheaper-than-plastering 2026-09-21T13:21:44+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/skimming_520x500_b804fb93-922e-41bc-9f58-ba1595d80dd8.jpg?v=1789993303 Is Skimming Cheaper Than Plastering? https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/can-you-stick-plasterboard-with-expanding-foam 2026-09-21T13:19:18+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/expandingfoam_520x500_bc931143-787e-4a60-9139-3122e092b6bf.jpg?v=1789993158 Can You Stick Plasterboard with Expanding Foam? https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/what-size-upvc-window-fixing-lugs 2026-09-28T16:12:46+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/BHD-METAL-STAYS-350x350.png?v=1787754321 What size uPVC window fixing lugs do I need? (And how many per window?) https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/5-0-x-100mm-wood-screws 2026-08-26T15:46:24+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/bhd-category-screws-nails-fixings_265ac24b-e13b-47d5-b18a-8551847660e9.png?v=1787755584 5.0 x 100mm Wood Screws: Size, Uses & How Many https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/ct1-bw1-tanking-coverage 2026-08-26T16:02:07+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/ct1.jpg?v=1787756527 CT1 BW1 Tanking: How Much Do You Need per m²? https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/scrim-tape-size-type-coverage 2026-08-31T17:05:31+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/SOC-AS-2934-Plasterer-Using-Scrim-Tape_d6daf270-596a-4d04-9fda-b257637734ce.webp?v=1788192331 Scrim Tape: What Size, Which Type & How Much? https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/masonry-vs-concrete-screws 2026-09-07T12:52:22+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/masonry-screw-being-driven.png?v=1788781942 Masonry vs Concrete Screws: What Size Hole? https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/how-to-use-expanding-foam-gun 2026-09-21T21:23:15+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/ExpandingFoamGuns.png?v=1790022195 How to Use an Expanding Foam Gun (& Which to Buy) https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/render-plaster-beads-explained 2026-09-29T11:50:43+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/beads-cover.png?v=1790678567 Render and plaster beads explained: types and sizes A renderer setting a white uPVC angle bead onto the freshly rendered external corner of a house wall, trowel applying grey render in daylight. https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/masonry-nails-vs-gas-nails 2026-09-29T12:25:52+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/nails-cover_ac84b230-292b-44b3-890f-c3b9a8388b01.png?v=1790681152 Masonry nails vs gas nails: which do you need? A carpenter using a gas-powered first-fix nail gun to fix a timber stud frame on a building site, sawdust and a tape measure in shot. https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/collated-drywall-screws 2026-09-29T15:03:53+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/drywall-cover.png?v=1790687612 Collated drywall screws: thread, length and which to buy A dryliner fixing plasterboard to a timber stud wall with a collated auto-feed drywall screw gun, the collated screw strip feeding into the gun. https://buildershardwaredirect.co.uk/blogs/news/tile-adhesive-powder-or-ready-mixed 2026-10-07T12:15:39+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0904/6261/7945/articles/tile-adhesive-cover.png?v=1790693078 Tile adhesive: powder or ready-mixed, and how much? 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