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Happy New Year!

I hope you had a fantastic Christmas break. After a few too many mince pies and mulled wines, we are back and ready to start the year. 2025 stretches out ahead of us - let's make it a good one.

Just in case you missed our recent articles on the blog during December, you can have a little catch up below.


Latest Blog Posts

Round Up of the Year 2024

Our year in review - see our top content, best resources, news and intentions.

God is in the Details

Find out about this famous expression, what it means and where it came from.

Average Heights and Dimensions

An update to our handy little guide on people dimensions

New Details - December 2024

Last details of the year on Detail Library - part two of our fantastic IWI retrofit details.

Detail Library Article

Over on the Detail Library our latest article is a guest feature from Nathan at Ikonografik Design. He shares his experience working on a Victorian house retrofit project in Sheffield.

You can download the full study with plenty of technical info and specification details over on the Detail Library.


Have a wonderful start to 2025, may it bring you happiness, success and good times.

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