Interiors

Beauflor® sheet vinyl floors go beyond standards to improve the quality of social housing.

In social housing projects ensuring your choice of floor complies with health and safety regulations is an essential part of the specification process. With Beauflor sheet vinyl flooring for social housing, no matter which floor you choose you are guaranteed full health and safety compliance.

With Beauflor sheet vinyl, social housing providers can ensure their tenants benefit from a welcoming floor that gives a better standard of living .

The positive impacts of providing social tenants with good quality flooring throughout their accommodation are well-documented. Along with other furnishings, flooring can help to create a ‘sense of home’, improving well-being, boosting integration and reducing loneliness, lessening financial strain and giving a sense of pride. Social housing providers also benefit, reductions in void rent loss, reduced void turnover and costs, reduced refusal rates and fewer complaints have all been cited as benefits of providing floor coverings. 

Altro has refreshed and expanded its Altro Tegulis and Altro Walls ShowerKit collections, introducing an array of new tile-effect options for Altro Tegulis and a broader spectrum of colours and designs for Altro Walls ShowerKit. Developed in response to valuable customer feedback, these enhancements provide greater design flexibility and more creative choices than ever before, ensuring that every project can be tailored to suit contemporary tastes and needs.

Both ranges now include woods, minerals, weaves, concretes, and marble designs, aligning with modern trends, and Altro Tegulis features new tile patterns, offering a luxurious and durable look.

Vicaima, a major European player in the design and manufacture of advanced interior door solutions, has announced the launch of Dekordor® HD Expressions, a new collection of durable and versatile finishes. Engineered to fuse the authentic beauty of woodlook with additional resilience, the range offers a flexible solution that meets the dual demands of the modern construction market: providing architects and designers with sophisticated aesthetics, while assuring developers, contractors, and property owners of the enduring, certified performance required for any high-quality project.

Tucson Pumps, a highly respected innovator in pump design, unveiled its latest solution at InstallerSHOW 2025. Engineered to improve water pressure, overcoming weak or fluctuating supplies, even in challenging environments, the new Tucson MetaBoost CBP200 Constant Speed Booster Pump delivers a powerful, reliable and consistent performance. What’s more, the pump boasts installer friendly features designed to make the job simpler and more efficient.

As housing providers across the UK rise to the challenge of meeting energy efficiency targets, achieving net-zero goals and reducing tenant energy bills, one solution stands out for its simplicity, impact, and long-term value: Waste Water Heat Recovery Systems (WWHRS).

Showersave, the market leader provide a diverse product range of WWHRS that integrate effortlessly into any bathroom or shower room—with no disruption to existing layouts. Whether it’s new-build social housing, apartments, or large-scale refurbishments, Showersave provides a proven route to lower carbon emissions, improved EPC ratings and significantly reduced energy costs for tenants. In addition Showersave has undertaken energy monitoring trials to demonstrate the increased performance of heat pumps when used alongside waste water heat recovery.  Not only is the heat pump system efficiency improved but bills are lowered by up to £179 per household as a result of having a Showersave fitted.

For any housing association, the safety and wellbeing of building occupants is the top priority. With new regulations on the horizon, Dulux Trade explores how housing associations can prepare, and ensure they know what paints and coatings should be used to protect residents and maintain properties to a high standard.