Our Contract

These terms & conditions (“Website Terms”) apply to your use of the Allbase website at www.fibrecoat.com (the “Website”, which term shall include all content on the Website). You must read these Website Terms carefully, and we recommend that you print and keep a copy for your future reference. By accessing, browsing, using or registering with the Website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to these Website Terms in their entirety. If you do not agree to these Website Terms in their entirety, you must not use the Website.

Privacy & Cookies

These Website Terms supplement (and are in addition to) the terms of our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy. Our Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect about you when you use the Website and our Cookies Policy deals with the use of cookies on the Website. You can view our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy by clicking here.

When you agree to these Website Terms, you will also be deemed to have read, understood and agreed to our Privacy and Cookies Policies in their entirety.

Terms & Conditions relating to sales

If you order a product through the Website, our Terms & Conditions relating to sales will also apply. You can view these Terms & Conditions here

When you agree to these Website Terms, you will also be deemed to have read, understood and agreed to our Privacy and Cookies Policies in their entirety.

Terms & Conditions relating to training courses

If you want to attend an Allbase training course, terms and conditions relating to course bookings and cancellations will apply. You can view the training terms here.

Accessing our website

We do not guarantee that the Website will operate continuously or without interruptions or be error-free. You must not attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Website and, in particular, you must not attempt to circumvent security, tamper with, hack into, or otherwise disrupt this Website or any computer system, server, router or any other internet-connected device associated with this Website. You must not misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attack our Website via a denial-of-service attack, a distributed denial-of service attack or otherwise.

You are responsible for ensuring that your computer system meets all relevant technical specifications necessary to use this Website and is compatible with this Website. You also understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or promise that any content on this Website (including Material (as defined below)) will be free from infection, viruses and/or other code that has contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the safety and reliability of data input and output.

From time to time, we may restrict access to certain features or parts of the Website, or the entire Website. If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.

We reserve the right, in our discretion, to withdraw, suspend or modify this Website or certain features or parts of this Website with or without notice to you. There may also be times when this Website or certain features or parts of this Website become unavailable, whether on a scheduled or unscheduled basis. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any withdrawal, suspension, modification, unavailability, inaccessibility or discontinuance of this Website or any service available on or through this Website.

Using our Website

You must not use this Website for any activities that breach any laws, infringe any person’s rights, or breach any standards, content requirements or codes published by any relevant authority.

You must use this Website and the information available from this Website responsibly. You must not use this Website or the information available from this Website for or in connection with any unlawful, immoral or anti-social purpose, or in a manner which is or may be damaging to our name or reputation.

You must not use this Website in any way that interferes with our systems, other users or harasses, menaces or harms anyone. You must not use this Website to make any speculative, false or fraudulent orders.

Intellectual property rights

This Website consists of images, illustrations, graphics, video sequences, sounds, text, photographs, tools (including calculators), formats and styles of presentation, software (including HTML code) and material analogous to it, and other content (collectively, Material). All copyright, moral ownership and other intellectual property rights in the Website and the Material (and derivatives of it) are either owned exclusively by or are licensed to us or one of our affiliates.

Except as expressly set out in these Terms of Use, nothing in these Terms of Use shall give you any rights in respect of any intellectual property owned by us, our affiliates or our licensors. You must not assert or attempt to obtain any such rights.

You acknowledge our (and our affiliates’) rights to the Material. Save as provided elsewhere in these Terms of Use, you must not use, copy, reproduce, modify, manipulate, transmit, distribute, perform, publish, display, participate in the transfer or sale of, license or create derivative works from, or in any way exploit, Material accessed through this Website. Where copying or transmission is expressly permitted, you must display an appropriate author attribution or copyright notice.

You may use, and download and print extracts from, this Website for your own personal use only to the extent necessary to utilise the Website and the services offered through it. If you are a Allbase Approved Contractor, you may use, and download and print extracts from, this Website solely to the extent necessary to utilise the Website and the services offered through it to provide services to your customers. No right, title or interest in any downloaded Material is transferred to you. You may not make any other use of Material on this Website. Except as expressly set out in these Terms of Use, you are not allowed to copy (whether by printing onto paper, storing on disk or any other way), distribute (including distributing copies), tamper with or alter in any way or otherwise use any Material contained in this Website.

Except as expressly set out in these Terms of Use, you are not allowed to copy or use any Material on this Website for any commercial purpose. You are not allowed to remove any copyright, trade mark or other intellectual property notices or watermark contained in the original Material or from any Material copied or printed from the Website.

The rights granted to you under these Terms of Use shall terminate immediately upon your breach of any of these Terms of Use, and you must (at our option) return or destroy any copies of the Materials you have made.

Accuracy of information

This Website is updated regularly, and content may change without notice. We are under no obligation to keep the Material up to date, and you acknowledge that it may be out of date at any given time. Material on the Website is not intended to amount to advice or authority on which reliance should be placed. We make no promise and give no assurance that any information is accurate, complete or up to date. To the extent permitted by law, we accept no liability or responsibility for any loss, damage or injury arising as a consequence of any reliance placed upon the Material, whether by a visitor to the Website or by anyone who may be informed of its contents.

Video Guides and How to Manuals

Without limiting the provisions of the section entitled Accuracy of information, this Website may from time to time contain film Video Guides, How to Manuals and other guides (collectively, Guides) that are provided for general information and background purposes only. The Guides should not be relied upon as advice or as the sole source of information on how to complete a task.

Before commencing any DIY task please: assess the risks associated with what you are about to do – taking any necessary precautions; and read and follow all manufacturer’s instructions relating to the equipment, products or task you are about to use or carry out. If you are in any doubt, please stop and seek advice from a professional.

The tasks shown in the Guides should not be attempted by anyone under the age of 18 or who is inexperienced in DIY. Some tasks should only be carried out by qualified professionals.

To the extent permitted by law, Allbase Group Ltd accept no liability for any loss, damage or injury arising as a consequence of any reliance placed upon the Guides, whether by a visitor to the Website or by anyone who may be informed of their contents.

In relation to the Video Guides, all references are correct at the time of filming.

Links to and from this Website

From time to time we may establish relationships with third parties that will enable you to access the websites of such third parties directly from our Website. Where this Website contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources, and accept no responsibility or liability for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. The inclusion of these hyperlinks does not imply any endorsement of the material on such sites or any association with their operators.

You may not link from another internet site to any page on this Website without our prior written consent and after entering into such agreement as we may require. We are not responsible for external websites that link to this Website.

Liability

If you are acting as a consumer
If you are acting as a consumer (which for these purposes means anyone who acts outside the course of a business, trade or profession) in your use of our Website, to the extent not prohibited by law, we accept no liability for any:

• loss which is not foreseeable (loss is foreseeable if it was an obvious consequence of our breach or if it was contemplated by you and us at the time you started to use our Website);

• loss which arises when we are not at fault or in breach of these Terms of Use; and

• business loss (which includes loss of profits, loss of business, contracts, goodwill, business opportunity and other similar losses).

If you are acting as a consumer, you may have certain legal rights regarding claims in respect of losses caused by our negligence or failure to carry out our obligations. Nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to limit your legal rights as a consumer. For further information about your legal rights you can contact your local authority Trading Standards Department or Citizens Advice Bureau.

If you are acting as a business user

If you are acting in the course of a business, trade or profession in your use of our Website (a business user), we accept no liability (whether arising in tort (including negligence), contract, for breach of statutory duty or otherwise) and offer no promises or assurances in relation to the Website or its content (including the Material), to the fullest extent such liability, promises and assurances can be excluded by law, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, all promises, assurances and other terms implied by law are excluded. For the avoidance of doubt, we shall have no liability to compensate you in relation to your use of the Website or its content (whether arising in tort (including negligence), contract, for breach of statutory duty or otherwise), except for any refund we make under any other agreement between us or otherwise at our discretion.

If you are acting as a business user in your use of our Website, without prejudice to the preceding paragraph, we accept no liability (whether arising in tort (including negligence), contract, for breach of statutory duty or otherwise) for any of the following losses:

• loss of data, loss of revenue, sales, income or profits, loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of use or production, business interruption, contracts, goodwill or reputation (in each case whether direct or indirect); or

• any indirect or consequential loss.

If you are acting as a business user in your use of our Website, you will indemnify us from and against all actions, claims, suits, demands, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses arising out of, or in any way connected with, use of this Website by you or any other person using your login information.

Liability provisions that apply whether you act as a consumer or business user

We will not be liable to you where performance of any of our obligations is prevented or restricted by any circumstance or cause beyond our reasonable control.

We will not be liable for the accuracy and suitability of (i) design tools (including calculators) on this Website and (ii) designs, plans or other similar materials created using this Website or the design tools hosted on it. We recommend that you have a survey, whether carried out by us or a third party, before carrying out any work based on such design tool, designs, plans or similar materials. You (or your installer if you have engaged one) must ensure that any goods (including their dimensions) and/or services that you purchase based on such design tool, designs, plans or similar materials are appropriate for your project.

Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits our liability for (i) death or personal injury caused by our negligence, (ii) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, and (iii) any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Contacting Us

To contact us (including to discuss any complaint), please see our Contact Us page on the Website. Any formal legal notices should be sent to us at the postal address specified on the contacts page of this website marked for the attention of the Company Secretary of Allbase Group Ltd

1.0 Words used in these terms

1.1 In these Terms, when we say:

1.1.1 you or your, we mean you, the customer ordering and purchasing Products;

1.1.2 we, us or our, we mean the Allbase entity from whom you purchase Product(s), being (depending on the circumstances):

• Allbase Group Ltd, a limited company registered in England (company number 09611962), whose registered office is 10 Cliff Parade, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom and whose VAT registration number is GB 221452939

1.1.3 Delivery Terms, we mean the terms that apply to our Product delivery services, full details of which can be found on our Website;

1.1.4 order, we mean an order placed by you for Product(s) through our Website, by telephone or using such other means as we may permit from time to time;

1.1.5 our agreement, we mean our agreement as defined in clause 2.1;

1.1.6 Privacy Policy, we mean our privacy policy, full details of which can be found on our Website;

1.1.7 Product or Products, we mean the goods and products that we sell;

1.1.8 Terms, we mean these terms and conditions of sale; and

1.1.9 Website, we mean the website (www.fibrecoat.com (or such other URL as we may specify from time to time)) that is operated by us or on our behalf.

1.2 If you order Product(s) on behalf of a company, organisation or other entity, then (i) you (as defined in clause 1.1.1) includes you and that company, organisation or other entity, and (ii) you represent and warrant that you are authorised to bind the company, organisation or other entity to our agreement (including these Terms), and that you agree to our agreement (including these Terms) on behalf of yourself and the company, organisation or other entity.

1.3 These Terms set out the basis on which we may sell Products to you. Please read these Terms carefully. Subject to clause 3.5, by submitting an order for and/or purchasing any Product, you are indicating your acceptance of these Terms and you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not accept these Terms, you will not be able to order or purchase any Products from us.

1.4 These Terms are only in the English language. Our agreement will not be filed by us.

1.5 If you view these Terms via our Website, you should print a copy of these Terms or save them to your computing device for future reference.

2.0 Our Agreement

2.1 Each order you place and purchase of Product(s) you make is subject to these Terms, our Delivery Terms (where relevant), and any additional terms that apply to any quote we may give or any promotional or special offers (together our agreement).

3.0 The order process and formation of the contract between us

3.1 You will have an opportunity to check and correct any input errors in your orders via the Website up until the point at which you submit your order by clicking the confirm order and pay (or similar) button on the checkout page of our Website. Please carefully check your order at each stage of the order process. Once you have clicked the confirm order and pay (or similar) button, you will need to pay for the Products you have ordered via the Website.

3.2 Your order is an offer to purchase from us. When you place an order with us (or otherwise offer to make a purchase from us), you do so in accordance with the terms of our agreement, subject to our acceptance of your order (or offer to make a purchase). If you place an order via our Website (or where we have otherwise stated that we will), we will send you an email acknowledging receipt of your order, together with your order number and details of the Product(s) you have ordered. Please note this email is an acknowledgement and is not an acceptance of your order.

3.3 Unless we have notified you that we do not accept your order (or offer to make a purchase) or you have cancelled it in accordance with our returns policy, we accept your order (or offer to make a purchase) as follows:

3.3.1 subject to clauses 3.3.2 and 3.3.3, where you place an order via the Website, we accept your order when the Products are despatched to you or at the point the Products are collected by you (as the case may be);

3.3.2 where you place an order via the Website for Products which are cut, made to measure or mixed to your requirements, or otherwise customised or made to your specifications, we accept your order seven days after the date of your order or when we start to cut, make, mix or customise those Products, whichever is earlier;

3.3.3 where you place an order via the Website for Products which are liable to deteriorate or expire rapidly, including perishable Products, we accept your order seven days after the date of your order or when we start to prepare the Products for delivery or collection, whichever is earlier;

3.3.4 when you place an order by telephone, we accept your order when we confirm that the order has been placed and processed.

3.4 We may choose not to accept your order (or offer to make a purchase) for any reason and we will not be liable to you or to anyone else in those circumstances. If we do not accept your order (whether in whole or in part) we will refund any monies paid in connection with that order (or that part of the order that we do not accept).

3.5 Our agreement is formed when we accept your order (or offer to make a purchase). In relation to orders via the Website, where Products you have ordered fall within two or more of the Product types identified in clauses 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.3, a separate agreement is formed for each Product when we accept your order for that Product. The processing of your payment and acknowledgment of receipt of your order (whether by email, telephone or otherwise) does not constitute legal acceptance of your order.

3.6 If we accept your order, we have a legal duty to supply our Products in conformity with our agreement.

4.0 Buying from us

4.1 You must be 18 or over to purchase Products from us via our Website. Certain Products can only be purchased if you satisfy the legal age requirement for that Product which can be found in the relevant Product description. We are not allowed by law to supply these Products to you if you do not satisfy these age requirements. If you are underage please do not attempt to order or purchase these Products. By ordering and/or purchasing Products you agree that you satisfy the legal age requirements for those Products. We reserve the right not to supply any age restricted Products where we reasonably believe that you are below the relevant legal age for those Products.

4.2 We will take reasonable steps to display as accurately as possible the colours, appearance and other detailing of our Products (and their packaging) in the images that appear on the Website and in our catalogues and other media. However, we do not guarantee that the images, appearance and other detailing that appear on the Website and in our catalogues and other media will exactly reflect the colour, appearance or detailing of the physical Product (or its packaging). Your Products (and their packaging) may vary slightly from those images.

4.3 Natural products may show some colour variation. To the extent permitted by law, we accept no liability associated with such variations.

4.4 Any information on the Website and in our catalogues and other media regarding sizing, weights, capacities, specifications, dimensions and measurements of Products is included as a guide only. If you are concerned about the precise size, weight, capacity, specifications, dimensions or measurements of any Product you require, we recommend that you contact us prior to placing an order and/or purchasing a Product.

4.5 If your order includes Products that are made according to measurements you provide us, please ensure these measurements are correct and accurate as your right of return as set out in clause 8 below will not be available unless the Products are faulty or incorrectly delivered.

4.6 Where we agree to provide a specifically designed plan as part of or in connection with your order, you will be responsible for checking the accuracy and suitability of the plan and ensuring it meets your requirements before placing an order. Any such plan is, and remains, our property and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without our prior written consent. Any such plan may only be used by you in connection with a quotation or order for Products and/or services from us and/or the provision of Products and/or services by us to you. You are responsible for checking that the details of the plan, and any resulting quotation, are complete, accurate and meet your requirements before committing yourself to an order.

5.0 Price, delivery charges and availability

5.1 Unless otherwise stated, prices for Products are exclusive of applicable sales tax (including VAT (or GST in Jersey)). Sales tax will be applied and will be shown on your invoice at the current applicable rate. Sales tax amounts stated may be subject to rounding variances. The exact amount of sales tax will be shown on the sales tax invoice (where provided). This will not affect the total price inclusive of sales tax.

5.2 Prices for Products exclude delivery charges unless expressly stated otherwise. Delivery charges vary depending on the Product(s) you order, the delivery address and the delivery method you select; please see our Delivery Terms for further details. When you place an order via our Website, delivery charges are calculated automatically in your shopping basket depending on your choices and added to your order.

5.3 We may update prices at any time. Despite our best efforts, a small number of the products we sell may occasionally be mispriced. If this happens then we will not be obliged to supply the Products at the incorrect price or at all. We will (at our discretion) either cancel your order and refund the price you have paid or endeavour to contact you and ask you whether you wish to continue with the order at the correct price. If we are unable to contact you or you do not wish to continue with the order at the correct price, we will cancel your order and refund the price you have paid.

5.4 From time to time we may apply promotional prices to Products, including Website or in-store only prices. These promotional prices will only apply in the context in which the promotion is given and are subject to the terms of that promotion. For example, Website only prices will not be applicable to in-store orders or purchases, and in-store only prices will not be applicable to Website orders or purchases. To take advantage of promotional prices, you must quote the relevant promotion code when you order (where applicable). We may update promotions at any time.

5.5 Prices for commodity goods will be updated regularly, please visit our Website or ask in store for further details.

5.6 Where we provide a quote to you it will be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to that quote.

5.7 All Products are subject to availability. If you order Products which are not available from stock, we will take reasonable steps to contact you to discuss how you wish to proceed. You will have the option to wait until the Products are available from stock, or cancel your order. If the Products are unlikely to be restocked (or we are unable to contact you), we will cancel your order for those Products and refund the price you have paid for those Products.

6.0 Payment

6.1 The total cost of your order and/or purchases is the price of the Products and applicable delivery charges.

6.2 We must receive payment in advance before your order and/or purchase can be processed, unless we have agreed otherwise in advance in writing.

6.3 Payment can be made by most major credit or debit cards in accordance with the payment methods section of our Website.

6.4 If you use a credit/debit card to pay for your order, you must use your credit/debit card or a credit/debit card that you are otherwise authorised to use. All credit/debit card holders are subject to validation checks by third parties and authorisation by the card issuer. If the issuer of the card refuses to authorise payment or any other validation checks return adverse results, we will not accept your order and we will not be liable for any delay or non-delivery and we are not obliged to inform you of the reason for the refusal.

6.5 We are not responsible for the card issuer or bank charging the cardholder as a result of our processing of the credit/debit card payment in accordance with your order.

6.6 You are responsible for all orders placed by your authorised employees.

7.0 Getting your products

7.1 If you order Products for delivery then the terms that apply to that delivery will depend upon the Product(s) that you order, the delivery address and the delivery method you select. Unless we specifically agree otherwise, we only deliver to the areas indicated in our Delivery Terms. Depending on your location, some Products may not be available to purchase on our Website.

7.2 You can see a full set of our Delivery Terms on the Website.

7.3 Subject to availability and our Delivery Terms, where we have agreed to deliver the Products, we will use reasonable endeavours to do so on any specified date we agree, or if no date is specified, within 30 days of the date of your order. In the case of circumstances beyond our reasonable control (for example, adverse weather conditions, unpredictable delays caused by traffic congestion, road works, diversions or mechanical breakdowns, in each case to the extent beyond our reasonable control) we may not be able to deliver the Products within these timescales and we will not be liable for any delay or failure to deliver the Products if the delay or failure is wholly or partly caused by such circumstances. In the event that a delivery does not take place, we and you will agree an alternative delivery date.

7.4 You must also do all that you reasonably can to enable the delivery to take place on the given date. If we are unable to deliver the Products as a result of your action or inaction (for example, you are not present at your property), we will need to arrange an alternative delivery date and we reserve the right to charge you a further fee for this.

7.5 For reasons of health and safety and to avoid any property damage, certain Products can only be delivered to the exterior of a ground floor location at the delivery address. You must therefore make your own arrangements at your own risk if the relevant Products need to be transported from the delivery location. We will not provide any unpacking, installation, fitting or waste removal services, unless otherwise agreed by us.

7.6 Unless we have agreed otherwise, Products must be signed for on delivery by a person aged 18 or over. Delivery will be completed when we deliver the Products to the address you specified in your order.

7.7 If you do not receive your Products on the stated delivery date, you must notify us immediately. We recommend that you do not schedule or commence any installation work until after you have received your ordered Products and checked all of them for any defects or missing parts.

7.8 Each Product remains our property until you have paid for it in full or we have provided the Product to you (whichever occurs later), whereupon you will own the Product. On delivery of the Products to you or collection of the Products by you (as the case may be), the Products shall be at your risk and responsibility and you will be responsible for their safekeeping and we will not be responsible for any damage or fault arising from incorrect storage.

7.9 Until ownership of the Products passes from us to you, you shall hold the Products on our behalf and shall store the Products at your own cost separately from all other products in your possession and marked in such a way that they are clearly identified as our property. We may, before ownership of the Products passes to you, require you to deliver up the Products to us and, if you fail to do so, may repossess the Products. You grant us an irrevocable licence to enter, with or without vehicles, any of your premises for the purpose of inspecting or repossessing the Products.

8.0 Cancellations and returns

8.1 Please keep your proof of purchase for anything you buy from us. Although you are not obliged to, doing so will ensure we can help you if you need to bring something back.

8.2 You may cancel your order (or any part of it) and return your Products for any reason before dispatch (where applicable) or within 7 days after the date of delivery or collection (as the case may be) by:

8.2.1 calling us on 0113 868 0097 lines are open 8am to 8pm weekdays or e-mailing us at orders@allbase.co.uk to cancel the order (or part of it) and arrange return;

Where your order comprises multiple delivery shipments, the 7 day cancellation period for the Products in your order runs from the date of the delivery of the last shipment to you.

8.3 You may use the cancellation form at the end of these Terms, but you do not have to.

8.4 To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.

8.5 The right to cancel your order set out above is subject to the following exclusions:

8.5.1 Products which are cut, made to measure or mixed to your requirements, or otherwise customised or made to your specifications will not be exchanged or refunded unless they are faulty or incorrectly delivered;

8.5.2 Products which are liable to deteriorate or expire rapidly, including perishable Products such as green roofing, will not be exchanged or refunded unless they are faulty or incorrectly delivered;

8.5.3 Your right of cancellation does not apply to Products which are not suitable for return due to health or hygiene reasons or if you have opened the Product packaging after delivery or collection.

8.5.4 Your right of cancellation does not apply to Products which become mixed inseparably with other items after delivery or collection (which may be the case where the Products are installed).

8.6 In relation to Products delivered to you, you may need to take delivery of the Products before you can cancel your order if the Products are placed into our delivery process before we receive your notice of cancellation. This does not affect your rights under this clause and clause 9.

8.7 Following cancellation, we will refund you the price paid for the cancelled order (or part of the order cancelled), less any collection or return costs or charges (if any). Where you cancel the entire order, we will also refund the standard delivery charges paid (if any), or an amount equal to those charges if you elect to use a more expensive delivery method. Where you cancel part of an order, we may recalculate any applicable delivery charge and deduct this from the refund. We will pay the refund within 14 days after the day:

8.7.1 you notified us to cancel your order, where you have not received the Products (and the Products have not been despatched to you); or

8.7.2 we receive the Products you returned to us, where you are in receipt of the Products; or

8.7.3 you provide us with a proof of return for the Products, where you have returned the Products but we have not yet received them.

8.8 If you paid for your order using a credit/debit card, we will refund you on the credit/debit card used to pay for the order; if you paid for your order by cheque, we will provide you with a cheque for the amount of the refund; if you paid for the order in cash, we will refund you in cash or, at our discretion, by cheque; if you paid for your order using a gift card, we will issue a credit note for the amount of the refund.

8.9 You must arrange for the return of the Product(s) as soon as possible and in any event not later than 14 days after the day on which you cancel your order, unless we agree that you may dispose of the Products (in which case you must comply with any disposal instructions). Unless the Product(s) is(are) faulty or not as described or purchased and delivered simultaneously while we are in your property, you will be responsible for the cost of returning the Product(s). For certain Products we offer a collection service. Please contact us for further details. We may charge a fee for this service (the fee will depend on the Products returned, but will not exceed £50).

8.10 You must keep the Product(s) you wish to return in your possession and take reasonable care of the Product(s) at all times while they are in your possession. This means that you must not use the Products.

8.11 We reserve the right to make a deduction from the amount of any refund for loss in value of the Products returned where the Products show signs of unreasonable use; for these purposes, unreasonable use includes handling the Products beyond what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the Products, in particular, if it goes beyond the sort of handling that might reasonably be allowed in a shop. Where you are in possession of the Products (or they have been dispatched to you), we may withhold any refund until we have received the Products or you have supplied proof of return for the Products.

8.12 We reserve the right to require proof of identity.

YOUR CONSUMER RIGHTS ARE NOT AFFECTED

9 Faulty Products

9.1 On receipt of the Products you must check they match your order. If there is any problem, or if they are defective or damaged you must notify us as soon as is reasonably possible. Claims may be reduced or rejected if we have not been given an opportunity to put matters right.

9.2 In addition to the right to cancel an order as described in clause 8, if there is a problem with your order or the Product(s) you purchase is(are) faulty, we may make good any shortage or non-delivery, or offer a repair, exchange or refund as appropriate in accordance with your consumer rights. Please call us on 0113 868 0097 (lines are open 8am to 5pm weekdays) or e-mail us at orders@allbase.co.uk to arrange.

10 Liability

If you are acting as a consumer

10.1 If you are acting as a consumer (which for these purposes means anyone who acts outside the course of a business, trade or profession) in your ordering and/or purchasing of Products, to the extent not prohibited by law, we accept no liability for any:

10.1.1 loss which is not foreseeable (loss is foreseeable if it was an obvious consequence of our breach or if it was contemplated by you and us at the time you and we entered into our agreement);

10.1.2 loss which arises when we are not at fault or in breach of our agreement; and

10.1.3 business loss (which includes loss of profits, loss of business, contracts, goodwill, business opportunity and other similar losses).

10.2 If you are acting as a consumer, you may have certain legal rights regarding claims in respect of losses caused by our negligence or failure to carry out our obligations. Nothing in our agreement is intended to limit your legal rights as a consumer. For further information about your legal rights you can contact your local authority Trading Standards Department or Citizens Advice Bureau.

If you are acting as a business customer

10.3 If you are acting in the course of a business, trade or profession in your ordering and/or purchasing of Products (a business customer), we shall have no liability to compensate you (whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise), other than any refund we make under our agreement or otherwise at our discretion.

10.4 Without prejudice to clause 10.3, if you are acting as a business customer in your ordering and/or purchasing of Products, we accept no liability (whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty or otherwise) for any of the following losses:

10.4.1 loss of profits, revenue, sales, income, or business;

10.4.2 loss of savings;

10.4.3 loss of use or production;

10.4.4 loss of goodwill;

10.4.5 business interruption;

10.4.6 subject to clause 9, remedial costs if the Products are damaged or defective;

10.4.7 damage to property or possessions through use or misuse of the Products;

10.4.8 loss caused by delay or other late performance; and

10.4.9 indirect or consequential losses.

10.5 If you are acting as a business customer in your ordering and/or purchasing of Products, you acknowledge and agree that all our obligations to you are set out in our agreement.

10.6 If you are acting as a business customer in your ordering and/or purchasing of Products, except as set out in our agreement, all other terms, warranties, representations and conditions implied by statute, common law or otherwise (including fitness for purpose) are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

10.7 Subject to clause 10.8, we will not be responsible to you or, if you are undertaking work for another person, to any other person, for the use or installation of any Products by you (or on your behalf). Accordingly, as a business customer, you hereby agree to hold us harmless, and indemnify us, against any liability associated with any claim or allegation that we are responsible for any failings in the installation or use of Products that we supply.

Liability provisions that apply whether you act as a consumer or business customer

10.8 Nothing in our agreement limits or excludes our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by our negligence or for any other liability which cannot be limited or excluded by law.

10.9 Our Website, catalogues and other media may contain information and materials created and submitted by third parties, and, subject to clause 10.8, we exclude liability for all losses arising from any error, omission or inaccuracy in any such information and material.

11 Our rights to cancel

11.1 We may cancel our agreement by notice in writing to you if you are in breach of our agreement, you become unable to pay your debts when they fall due or proceedings are or are reasonably likely to be commenced by or against you alleging bankruptcy or insolvency or an administrator, receiver or administrative receiver is appointed or is reasonably likely to be appointed over all or part of your undertaking and assets. Upon cancellation, any money due to us in respect of our agreement which has been cancelled shall become immediately due and payable and we shall be under no further obligation to supply Products to you, provided that where you have paid for Products in advance of our cancellation of our agreement, we shall, at our discretion, supply those Products to you or cancel the supply of those Products and refund you the price paid for those Products.

12 Events beyond our control

12.1 We shall have no liability to you for any failure or delay in supply or delivery, nor if performance of any of our obligations is prevented or restricted, nor for any damage or defect to Products supplied or delivered under our agreement, in each case that is caused by any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control (including, without limitation, the following to the extent these are outside our reasonable control: accidents, extreme weather conditions, fire, explosion, flood, storm, earthquake, natural disaster, failure of telecommunications networks, inability to use transport networks, acts of God, terrorist attack, war, civil commotion, riots, strikes, lockouts and other industrial disputes, acts or restraints of Government, and imposition of restrictions on imports or exports).

13 Disposal of electrical and electronic equipment

13.1 The WEEE regulations aim to ensure waste from certain electrical and electronic equipment is reduced, separated from household waste, and ultimately disposed of in a sound environmental manner. If you are a business customer (as defined above), you agree that the collection, recovery/treatment and disposal of non-household electrical or electronic equipment purchased from us will be your responsibility. In the case of household waste, please take this waste to your nearest designated collection facility (DCF). To find your nearest DCF go to www.recycle-more.co.uk. We are making financial contributions towards the running of these facilities and the onward recycling of this waste.

14 Your information

14.1 In the course of our dealings with you we will collect and process personal information about you, including to administer and process your order, and to provide the Products. Further information on the manner in which we process personal information is set out in our Privacy Policy, a copy of which is available on our Website.

14.2 Calls to our contact centre may be monitored and/or recorded for quality control and training purposes.

15 Complaints

15.1 If you make a complaint, we will endeavour to keep you informed either by telephone or email at each stage of the complaints handling process and will endeavour to fully resolve your complaint as soon as possible.

16 Contacting us and you

16.1 If you have any questions, complaints or concerns with respect to your order or these Terms, please contact us as follows:

16.1.1 by telephone: on 0113 868 0097 lines are open 8am to 5pm weekdays;

16.1.2 by email at: hello@allbase.co.uk; or

16.1.3 by post at: Allbase Coatings Ltd, 10 Cliff Parade, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2TA

16.2 Any formal legal notices should be sent to Allbase Coatings Ltd, 10 Cliff Parade, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2TA United Kingdom, marked for the attention of the Company Secretary of Allbase Coatings Ltd.

16.3 If we have to contact you or give you notice in writing, we will do so by email or by hand or by pre-paid post to the address you provide to us in your order or we otherwise hold for you.

17 Governing law and venue for disputes

17.1 Subject to clause 17.2, you and we agree that our agreement is governed by the law of England and Wales and that any dispute between you and us arising out of or in connection with our agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will only be dealt with by the courts of England and Wales.

17.2 Regardless of clause 17.1, you and we agree that if:

17.2.1 you are a consumer (as defined in clause 10.1) resident in a part of the United Kingdom other than England and Wales, the law of that part of the United Kingdom will apply to our agreement and any dispute between you and us arising out of or in connection with our agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be dealt with by the courts located there;

17.2.2 you are a consumer (as defined in clause 10.1) resident in Éire, Irish law applies to our agreement and any dispute between you and us arising out of or in connection with our agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be dealt with by the Irish courts;

17.2.3 you are a consumer (as defined in clause 10.1) resident in Jersey, Jersey law applies to our agreement and any dispute between you and us arising out of or in connection with our agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be dealt with by the Jersey courts; and

17.2.4 you are a consumer (as defined in clause 10.1) resident in Guernsey, Guernsey law applies to our agreement and any dispute between you and us arising out of or in connection with our agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be dealt with by the Guernsey courts,

provided that, where we are allowed to do so by law, we may bring a claim against you in the courts of England and Wales.

18 Other important terms

18.1 If any provision of our agreement (including any provision in which we exclude or limit our liability to you) is found to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the other provisions of our agreement and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.

18.2 No person other than you and us shall have any rights to enforce our agreement, whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties Act) 1999 or otherwise.

18.3 If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under our agreement, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.

18.4 You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under our agreement, unless we agree in writing.

18.5 Before working with electricity, gas or water you should always consult an appropriate professional electrician or plumber with appropriate qualifications and accreditations (for example, Gas Safe registered). Always read and follow any relevant manuals and safety instructions. When working with electricity always turn off the mains.

18.6 Asbestos may be found in some older properties. If you have any concerns about the presence of asbestos you should seek advice from a licensed asbestos company.

18.7 In connection with building work, we cannot advise on planning permission or building regulation issues. You are responsible for obtaining all necessary planning permission and local authority consents and permissions (and all other relevant consents and permissions) for any work to be carried out and allowing us or our agent to inspect these prior to the commencement of work.

18.8 We may update, vary and amend these Terms from time to time without prior notice. Each time you order or otherwise purchase a Product from us, the Terms in force at that time will apply (as set out on our Website). Please check on our Website to ensure that you understand which Terms apply. These Terms were last updated on 13 June 2014.