RKD Blog and News Articles

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Welcome to our blog/News segment. Here you will find commentaries, guides, advisories and the latest news from RKD

Web Chat Update

A catch up with the boss.

Hello 2021 - Customer Survey

Thank you - have a safe Xmas

Keeping The Home Warm- Affordable Tips

Black Friday - seemingly tempting offers? - RKD take a different tack in these challenging times.

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Web Chat Update

Just a quick word from the RKD team, we currently do not have the live chat function on the site. We are currently changing the provider...

A catch up with the boss.

Since it's our 3rd Birthday we thought it appropriate to catch up with Neil Sutton and see how the last few years have been and what...

Hello 2021 - Customer Survey

It's our first post of 2021, doesn't time fly. We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year despite current circumstances....

Thank you - have a safe Xmas

To everyone who has supported RKD throughout 2020 This is just a straightforward thank you to our customers, suppliers, staff and social...

Keeping The Home Warm- Affordable Tips

It's that time of year where one of us turns the heating up, the other person turns it down in the traditional battle of home temperature...

Black Friday - seemingly tempting offers? - RKD take a different tack in these challenging times.

Many are offering discounts, Black Friday deals, free offers, and so on and so on. As all our customers know RKD approach seasonal...

RKD - Feedback we just had to publish

We thank Vince Testa for the below testimonial on Google reviews - this makes all our team service efforts worthwhile " I have been...

Fibreglass Roofing - A Winter Myth quashed

Hi everyone - If you go on to google and search for the lowest temperature you should install fibreglass roofing at several pages will...

Latest info re RKD Xmas 2020 trading times

Here's our latest update in respect of RKD Xmas trading Simply all the relevant information is contained in the above image As always we...

Winter - Post reissue - How To Repair A Fibreglass Roof

So you've noticed some damage to your Fibreglass Roof or you can see there needs to be a minor repair. Firstly, don't panic! A small...

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