Dear customer,
Given the current market conditions we know how important it is that you are provided with advanced notice of any significant price changes. We are therefore advising you of some price increases on products that you have previously purchased.
As always, we are working hard behind the scenes with our suppliers to minimise all increases, but we wanted to let you know the current projected increases to allow you to plan accordingly. These are planned to come into effect in July 2022.
Product Category / Price Increase
Plaster 7%
Plasterboard 8.6 – 12%
Concrete landscaping and Flag & Kerb 7.3%
Glass wool insulation 28 – 32%
Roof windows 9%
Aggregated blocks – Varies by location
Small aggregate bags 5%
Hand tools 4-6%
Bricks upto 9.5%
Metalwork 12-15%
Rigid kitchens 9-10%
Ceramic tiles 15%
Steel lintels 18%
Why we’re increasing our prices. Unfortunately, the market picture remains very much unchanged and similarly to previous months, disruption to the supply chain continues to be the biggest factor leading to increased prices. Other factors include increases in costs of energy, distribution, shipping containers and packaging. These prices are further compounded by the consistent increase in the cost of raw materials that are used in the production of the products we sell.
Keeping up to date. To keep up to date with any other price increases and product availability, please visit our dedicated supplier updates page here:
www.jewson.co.uk/supplier-updates
Yours Sincerely, Jewson
What’s changed and how will you be affected?
Significant changes to building regulations came into effect on 15 June 2022. The changes are aimed at improving the energy efficiency of buildings to help the country move towards its targets for Net Zero by 2050. Essentially, what this means is Government wants to reduce our current carbon emissions and with construction being a major contributor, it must play its part. Even more changes will be coming in 2025 to make buildings more energy efficient, but these measures are a stop-gap until then.
What are building regulations?
Building Regulations are the requirements for the design and construction of buildings. If you’re building something new, or making big changes to an existing building, you likely need to comply with building regulations.
Why are these changes happening?
These changes are stop-gap measures to improve energy efficiency in housing regulations ahead of the Future Homes and Buildings Standards introduction in 2025, which will require more significant cuts to carbon emissions. The aim of these measures is to make the changes in 2025 less severe for builders and also to help cut carbon emissions in the meantime.
What’s changed?
These are changes to building regulations in England for new homes, extensions, existing buildings and non-domestic buildings in June 2022. These measures make it mandatory to cut carbon emissions in new homes by 30% and 27% in the other types of work listed above. These changes mean you must now comply with the new measures and it’s your responsibility to know how they may affect the work you’re doing.
What parts of the building regulations are affected?
The changes to improve energy efficiency in buildings and the systems to support this are in new Approved Documents L, F and O. These documents will reflect the new requirements that buildings must adhere to support the improvements to lower carbon emissions. In simple terms, part L looks at the energy efficiency of properties, part F will look to improve ventilation and part O looks to ensure buildings don’t overheat.
Alongside these changes to energy efficiency, there will be the new Approved Document S, which covers how a building includes infrastructure for electric vehicles. From June all new homes will have to have charging points for electric vehicles.
Guidance on ways to meet the building regulations can be found in the Approved Documents area on the GOV.UK website.
What are Approved Documents?
These are documents containing guidance on ways to meet building regulations. The Approved Documents are published on the GOV.UK website.
What if my building is currently in the planning process?
If a building notice, initial notice, or full plans are submitted before 15 June 2022, they will still be considered under the previous regulations, provided building work starts before 15 June 2023. For new housing developments that gained planning permission under the old regulations, work must have been started on a unit by 15 June 2023 or the new regulations will apply.
For work that falls under these new regulations, but are not subject to notices or applications, there are no transitional arrangements. This means the new rules must be followed from 15 June 2022.
What happens if I don’t follow building regulations?
If you don’t follow building regulations, your local authority may serve you with an enforcement notice and legal action may be taken.
JUNE PRICE INCREASES
Dear customer,
Given the current market conditions we know how important it is that you are provided with advanced notice of any significant price changes. We are therefore advising you of some price increases on products that you have previously purchased.
As always, we are working hard behind the scenes with our suppliers to minimise all increases, but we wanted to let you know the current projected increases to allow you to plan accordingly. These are planned to come into effect on June 1st 2022.
Product Category
Landscaping porcelain Up to 15%
Chipboard 3-5%
MDF mouldings 10%
Plasterboard 7%
PIR 12 – 12.5%
Roof tiles 5 – 15%
Roof membranes 5 – 15%
Plastic drainage Up to 22%
Cladding 7%
MDF 7-9%
* Please note, the above increases do not apply to all products within the categories and only highlight the most relevant price increases.
Why we’re increasing our prices.
There continues to be disruption of various supply chains which has resulted in increased and more unpredictable manufacturing costs. Most suppliers have noted the largest factors to be the increases in energy, packaging and distribution costs. During 2021, many suppliers predicted that the cost for raw materials would stabilise into 2022 but unfortunately this has not been the case. As a result of the higher costs of core raw materials used in the production of some products, due to reduced supply, our suppliers have had to increase their prices.
Keeping up to date.
To keep up to date with any other price increases and product availability, please visit our dedicated supplier updates page here: www.jewson.co.uk/supplier-updates
If you’d like to talk to us about anything we’ve included within this letter, please get in touch with your local branch. We look forward to continuing to work with you.
Yours Sincerely, Jewson
