Scaffolders got the wrong house when they clad part of a bungalow in Cornwall.
Alan Balding, 69, was shocked to find the scaffolding all around the chimney of his house in St Breward after he returned from a day out.

Whilst browsing the web today we found a mad product we had never heard of before! Yep, we found someone who sells magnetic paint! Nope it’s not an April fool joke, this stuff actually exists.

The Welsh Affairs Committee said the assembly should be given powers to require builders to install sprinklers.

From Building Products (March-April 2006) by Monica Soladay
With lighter weights, lower material costs, and potentially easier applications than the real McCoy, manufactured stone is an increasingly popular choice for building pros.

Some weird news from a few years ago…………….
The latest guerilla marketing campaign for Sto Corp, a maker of coatings and paints for the construction industry, features “Ben the Bucket Drummer,” a YouTube video submission contest and, of course, Sto paint buckets.
Atlanta (PRWEB) August 8, 2008 — He wears a white jumpsuit, wields [...]

NPA STARTS TO ROLL OUT CHANGES ON ITS NEW LOOK SITE!
Thursday 19th June 2008: NPA Never Paint Again, the UK’s Market leader in exterior wall coatings has started to roll out some new features and welcome changes on it’s ever popular paint and wall coatings website “Never paint again”.
The first thing you notice, if the [...]