The Hambleside Danelaw team enjoyed two busy days at the Scotland Build Show in Glasgow on 25^th and 26^th November. The team met with local developers, architects, specifiers and merchants and presented our dry fix roofing products, manufactured in Inverness.

The show was a great success; it featured two days of industry insights in the seminars and conferences. The event was also a fantastic opportunity to meet key industry players in the Scottish region. Mike Lemmon, Area Sales Manager for Scotland, found this particularly useful, saying “it was great to meet fellow industry professionals from the Scottish region.

The team enjoyed raising Hambleside Danelaw’s profile in Scotland, and hope the attendees found it as beneficial as the team.

For details on the products displayed at the show, visit here, or contact us via email at sales@hambleside-danelaw.co.uk or call us on 01327 701900.

Hambleside Danelaw is pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Brown as National Sales Manager to the Pitched Roofing division.

Neil has been in the building and construction industry for nearly 25 years and has been managing sales teams for almost 20 years.  With an excellent knowledge of the builders merchant and contractor market, Neil hopes to further this within the pitched roofing sphere.

Neil started in sales as Area Sales Representative for Spear & Jackson back in the late 1980s and quickly progressed to the position of a Sales Director with the Caparo Group. His career has seen him work for companies such as Neill Tools, Stadium Ventilation, Brett Landscaping and more recently the Wykamol Group and Richard Burbidge.

Neil commented:
“I am delighted to be appointed to this role within the company. Hambleside Danelaw has a very strong reputation for customer service and for delivering innovative solutions.  I look forward to expanding UK sales and developing relationships to secure new accounts and contracts.”

Neil will be visiting merchants up and down the country, if you would like to book an appointment, please call the Pitched Roofing team on  01327 701 910, or email sales@hambleside-danelaw.co.uk.

Friday 29^th May saw the end of an era as Hambleside Danelaw’s Roofing and Ventilation Divisional Director, Chris Dalgarno, retired. After working at Hambleside Danelaw for 28 years, Chris will be leaving to enjoy retired life with his wife and young daughter.

Chris joined the company in 1988 and started as a Sales Representative driving a van full of products, visiting customers. He covered the West Midlands and quickly progressed to Sales Manager in early 1990s. Chris was influential in taking Roofing and Ventilation from selling out the back of a van to a fully-fledged sales force. Having been influential in the product development side of the business as well as driving sales, Chris became Divisional Director in early 2000s.

As a valued colleague, the whole company was present to celebrate Chris’s excellent career and thank him for his dedication and commitment to Hambleside Danelaw. Chris was given a bike tool kit by the Hambleside Team, alongside a hammer and chisel to highlight his preferred forms of communication, and some DIY vouchers to thank him for his years of service.

Being highly revered and well-known in the Roofing and Ventilation sector, Chris retires from a long and successful career in the construction industry. The office ensured he received a good send off after being an integral part of the Hambleside Danelaw team.

We wish Chris a very happy retirement.

The updates to the BS 5534 have now come into effect, having been made mandatory in March 2015. Seen as one of the most influential updates of recent years, the revision has been published since August last year and manufacturers have been working hard to inform the roofing industry. The British Standard for Slating and Tiling acts as a key Code of Practice ensuring quality and reliable roofing installations.

Firstly, the new standard has set that mortar alone is not sufficient at fixing tiles to respective fittings on a roof, and therefore components including ridges, hips and verges will now require further mechanical fixing. Hambleside Danelaw carries patented industry leading Dry Fix products; it is now widely recognised that Dry Fix is a far more reliable method of installation.

Secondly, all single lap tiles will now require mechanical fixings to ensure a secure hold; clipping may also be required.

Thirdly, due to increasing extreme weather, the updates include the requirement for secure lightweight underlays. This is in an effort to reduce ‘ballooning’ as it has been calculated that there is increasingly higher theoretical wind uplift. This change brings UK slating and tiling in line with European roofing codes of practice, where in the past uplift has been notably higher and therefore is an existing roof requirement.

As many projects started before the law came in, the NFRC voiced concern in order to instate a cut-off date in order not to affected existing projects. Therefore the NHBC has applied a backstop until 1^st July, after which all roofs must comply with the revised BS 5534.

In order to support a smooth transition to this change in standards, Hambleside Danelaw have now produced a mechanical fixing kit for applications where the traditional appearance of mortar bedded ridge and hip tiles is still required.  The new changes may add more time and cost to a job, however the security for home-owners is significant enough to warrant the change to the standard.

With the introduction of the new Redland 10 Series from roof tile manufacturer Monier, Hambleside Danelaw is at the forefront presenting the new HD RTS individual soaker. This new addition to the individual soaker range brings increased compatibility matches now covering almost all flat tile and slate types and offers another simple environmentally friendly solution to abutment details.

The HD RTS is an established proven design, adapted slightly for compatibility with the new Redland 10 series which incorporates the Richmond 10, the Saxon 10 and the Landmark Slate 10.  Other thin leading edge tiles compatible with the HD RTS are the Russell Galloway, Lothian, Moray and Polden and the Quinn Devenish and Rathmore. The installation process is quick and simple – clip each individual soaker over the leading edge of the tile before placing the tile over the batten and against the roof abutment.  The HD RTS sits on top of the tiles in the same fashion as the now well established and popular HD MDS, RRS and SRRS soakers. These differ from the recently launched HD DTS and RCS soakers, for interlocking plain tiles and slates, as they are concealed beneath.

Hambleside Danelaw’s individual soaker range is a great alternative to lead abutment soakers. They are manufactured from polypropylene which is lightweight, safe to handle, holds no value to thieves and does not cause unsightly staining from oxidation.  All Hambleside Danelaw individual soakers are pre-formed, therefore do not need to be fabricated on site.  Without the need for specialist tools there is a guaranteed reduction in labour time and the dry fix solution means that there is no need for mortar so they can be fitted in any weather conditions.

As with all Hambleside Danelaw individual soakers, left and right hand options are available and the upstands can be finished with lead or other cover flashing alternatives such as GRP (glass reinforced polyester). Please visit https://hambleside-danelaw.co.uk/pitched-roofing/products/roof-abutments/ for more details about the range.

The National Merchant Buying Society (NMBS) held its annual exhibition in Telford on Wednesday 15^th May.  Hambleside Danelaw was in attendance to promote roofing products, meet with existing and new customers and network with members.  Merchants were able to take advantage of discounted products and exclusive offers if they placed an order on the day.

Over 500 delegates came through the doors and 225 exhibitors took part.  An eight foot tall mechanical robot, named Titan entertained guests throughout the day by singing, dancing and performing comedy impressions at regular intervals.

Chris Dalgarno, Richard Spreag and Emma Hart manned the busy stand.  The first 100 people to visit received a free T-shirt depicting the Hambleside Superhero which was an effective incentive.  Several enquiries were made to follow up on, including an enquiry about our new soakers. Chris Dalgarno commented, “The exhibition was a great chance to cement relationships and to put faces to names. We received some excellent feedback on our products and services.” Many orders were placed on the day which was an excellent achievement, and the merchants were pleased with the exclusive discount.  All in all a successful day!

Hambleside Danelaw’s HD TV15 series tile vents have been specified once again due to the advantages given by their greater airflow area and the subsequent reduction in the labour costs of installation. Hypo Style Architects in Glasgow have changed the tile ventilator specification for the Kirkintilloch Council project, refurbishing 145 houses in the first of 3 phases.   The work is being conducted by the Campbell Construction Group and the HD TV15 series flush fitting tile ventilators are being supplied by Jewsons in Govan.

With an airflow area of 15,000mm², higher than any competitive products on the market, the HD TV15 tile vents can be installed at less frequent intervals across the roof therefore less vents are required to achieve the required ventilation standard, saving both material and labour costs.

The project will now feature Hambleside Danelaw’s HD TV15/4 tile vents, for use with Marley Ludlow Major type tiles and Russells Cheviot type tiles. Hambleside Danelaw’s Dry Fix Bonding Gutter has also been specified; a unique mortarless product designed for joining dissimilar roof coverings on refurbishment projects. The patented design supports minimal disturbance to adjoining roofs.

Hambleside Danelaw’s range of roof, cavity and underfloor ventilation products, GRP flashings and ancillary roofing products are available from merchant stockists throughout the UK.