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The latest news from Cavalok Building Products


75 years service

Cavalok First To Achieve LAMBDA 90/90 On Cavity Closer

April 2013
Cavalok has made it yet another industry-first by successfully testing and declaring the thermal conductivity of its entire range of cavity closers to Lambda 90/90.

75 years service

Cavalok Three are 75 and going strong

May 2012
Congratulations to Cavalok team Stuart Nelson, Commercial Manager, Martin Benn, Sales Manager and David Deacon, General Manager, who have just notched up 75 years’ service between them.

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Cavalok Down–Under

April 2012
Australia, being the land of sunshine, may not necessarily be the first place that you would expect demand for cavity closers.

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Cavalok Helps Bramall Construction Achieve Passivhaus

March 2012
Cavalok cavity closers have helped Bramall Construction build 14 dwellings in Ditchingham, South Norfolk, to internationally-recognised Passivhaus standards.

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Off To The Races With Level 6

May 2011
Here, Chris Coxon Marketing Manager at Eurocell looks at how the move to zero carbon buildings is changing the way that windows and cavity closers are specified.

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Cavalok highly commended in housebuilder awards 2010

November 2010
Cavalok’s combined cavity closure and one-hour cavity fire barrier, FlameBlok, was highly commended in the Best Product category of the awards, organised by Housebuilder magazine.

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FlameBlok 'the single, effective solution for housing associations'

August 2010
David Deacon, General Manager of Cavalok Building Products, looks at why fire-rated PVC-U cavity closers are essential in maintaining the high safety standards expected of modern buildings.

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FlameBlok nominated for Best Product at Housebuilder Awards

July 2010
Cavalok's continued innovation in the cavity closer market has been recognised by the judges of the prestigious Housebuilder Awards 2010 with FlameBlok making the shortlist in the 'Best Product' category.

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FlameBlok has it licked

May 2010
Cavalok Building Products has recently supplied its new FlameBlok one hour fire rated cavity closer to Taylor Wimpey (Bryant Homes) West Midlands.

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Cavalok closes the parts others can't

February 2010
Low U-values have been achieved on the Minehead EYE project, an environmentally responsible community centre now under construction, with Cavalok's BigBlok closer system for 300mm cavity walls.

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Cavalok and Merritt make a million

January 2010
Cavalok Building Products has recently celebrated the production of one million metres of cavity closer from post-consumer recycled PVC-U.

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Cavalok's burning ambition

September 2009
Cavalok Building Products is celebrating following excellent results in rigorous fire tests to BS EN 1363 standards on its cavity closers by Chiltern International Fire.

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Cavalok products now in Eurocell Building Plastics

August 2009
Trade Closer and FireSok are now available from a 100+ strong branch network bringing Cavalok's product range closer to your area.

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Cavalok won't wilt in the warmth

July 2009
As building sites across the country swelter in 30ºC+ temparature Cavalok cavity closers can be used with the confidence they will not bend in the heat.

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Open and shut case for Cavalok cavity closers

May 2009
It was definitely an open and closed case for sustainability and energy efficiency when Cavalok’s BigBlok cavity closer system helped create 55 new care homes in Liskeard, Cornwall.

Our Recycling Process

See how we take post consumer waste and recycle it into our sustainable PVC-U Cavity Closer.

Cavalok in action

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