The role of specification
By TTF FLEGT Communications Executive Lucy Bedry. Responsible forestry and sourcing of timber and timber products is an essential part of the solution to reducing harmful carbon emissions amd mitigating …
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Vicaima launches new website strengthening the user’s experience
Always aiming to build the perfect online experience for its customers and partners, Vicaima, one of the largest European players in the production of sophisticated solutions for interior doors, wardrobes …
With Doors Wide Open…
Will you come in? Vicaima is proud of its many successes and achievements over the years, made possible by the close relationships formed with you our customers and partners. Together …
Soane Housing Development – Jersey, Channel Islands
Situated in a tranquil location, yet at the very heart of a vibrant St Helier on the island of Jersey; sits The Soane, a very modern apartment development where Vicaima …
Taking a leaf out of nature’s book
Figurative knots and distinctive woodgrain configurations are both authentic and much loved wood characteristics, that are admired and sought after by specifiers everywhere. This desire for irregularity and a closer …
Painting made easy with innovative new interior door
The practice of painting doors on site has been getting harder over the last few years. A lack of skilled resource to carry out such finishing work is one factor, …
Fresh ideas for Interior Doors in 2020
As a new decade commences, professionals everywhere are seeking fresh inspiration for interiors, whether for commercial spaces or residential living. This desire for innovative performance and trend-setting designs is most …
Latham’s timber trio offers a solid solution
Increasingly, architects, as well as the joinery and construction sectors are looking to specify products which are not only dimensionally stable and durable, but also legal and sustainable and James …
Spectacular Valchromat Bar Stars at New Cultural Venue
Valchromat, the innovative and award-winning engineered fibreboard – which is available in the UK through James Latham – has been extensively used in the interior fit-out of a spectacular new …
Ahmarra launch the ‘Mercantile Range’ – fire rated doorsets for commercial projects
Timber fire door specialist, Ahmarra has launched a new range of robust commercial doorsets that particularly suit areas of heavy footfall such as office buildings, shopping centres and airports. …
External wood solution for all needs
OrganoWood® is the latest name in sustainable wood protection and is building a reputation amongst architects, professionals and end users as the external wood treatment of choice for a number …
New plywood guaranteed to be popular for James Latham
As the UK’s biggest independent distributor of panel products and timber, James Latham has announced the latest addition to its portfolio, a new range of Poplar Plywood. Responsibly sourced and …
Performance door blanks with 90 minute fire rating and FSC certification
The UK’s biggest independent distributor of high-performance door blanks, James Latham is now offering Moralt FireSound 59mm (dB43/44) with FD90 certification (BS476 Pt. 22) And thanks to Lathams, specifying a …
Locking Up Carbon & Unlocking the Full Potential of Timber
We may commonly hear the term ‘carbon sequestration’ but what does it actually mean? The dictionary definition of sequestration is ‘isolated and hidden away’. To put it simply, it is …
Norbord Cabershield: A new generation of weatherproof flooring
Norbord’s Cabershield is a moisture-resistant P5 tongue-and-groove board with a permanent protective non-slip coating which is ideal for all sorts of construction projects. Complementing Norbord’s Caberdek – the UK’s leading …
Take the hi-line with internal doors
Specifiers looking for real veneered doors that embody the natural beauty of wood, while at the same time providing a truly consistent grain and colour, should look to the …
Only Vicaima could answer the challenges of this landmark project
Vicaima was chosen to provide the interior door sets for the World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Centre in Woking, which is also home to the WWF. The centre is at …
Flamebreak ticks all the boxes with specifiers
As popularity of James Latham’s high specification door blanks, Flamebreak, continues to grow, the UK’s largest independent timber and panel products distributor, is now offering them directly from stock at …
Sustainability covered at Bristol’s largest school
STREET furniture manufacturer, Townscape Products Limited, has provided Bristol’s largest primary school with new eco-timber shelters as part of the school’s £5.2million extension. Commissioned by project contractors, Skanska, Townscape was …
Award-Winning Housebuilder Chooses Vicaima Doors
Award-winning housebuilder Junnell Homes has chosen Vicaima doors for its inspirational development of new homes at one of Hampshire’s most exclusive locations. Vicaima’s innovative Dekordor 3D interior door is specified …
STYLE AND SUSTAINABILITY CAN BE ACHIEVED
Thanks to James Latham’s flooring brand, Bausen, maintaining an on-trend and contemporary range of quality wood flooring – which is still competitively priced – can be achieved while also adhering …
Swung House – The Hague A duet in MDF and OSB
FSC-certified Medite MDF and SmartPly OSB set the scene in an office interior geared towards the ‘new way of working’ in Swung House in The Hague. The carbon-neutral building offers …
Door set Solutions for Francis Coombe Academy
The Francis Coombe Academy in Watford will accommodate 1350 pupils aged between 11-18 years. The school, which forms part of the Hertfordshire Academies, became an academy in 2009 and is …