Product Improvement: IHR Head Restraint

The IHR range of internal head restraints can now accommodate gaps at the wall head of up to 75mm - ideal where a fire or acoustic barrier is required. The new improved design also eliminates a secondary plastic component from the channel section and the IHR is now formed entirely from high integrity stainless steel.

BBA Certification: Nexus

Nexus, the next generation of brick-faced support systems developed through a collaboration with Ancon and Ibstock Kevington, is the first of its kind to achieve British Board of Agrément (BBA) certification for both soffits and lintels.

Being the first brick-faced soffit unit recognised by the BBA to offer a working life commensurate with the building on which it is installed, Nexus should now be specified with even greater confidence than before.

Range Extension: Teplo Wall Ties

The basalt-fibre Teplo-BFR features a plain end for resin anchoring into an existing structure and a moulded safety end for building into a new bed joint. It is ideal for new-build cavity wall construction where mortar joints do not align e.g. thin-joint blockwork, and retrofit applications where a new leaf of masonry and insulated cavity are being constructed against a pre-existing masonry or concrete wall.

Project Case Studies

Online, our latest project case studies include the regeneration of the Agar Grove housing estate in Camden, the largest Passivhaus development to date in the UK, where Teplo wall ties were chosen for external cavity walls to minimise fabric heat loss. We also have Stapleton House - a landmark ten-storey student accommodation development in Islington, where a bespoke brick support system was designed to avoid clashes with steelwork protruding into the cavity.