Roofing

Norbord Announces Second
#SterlingShots Competition
Winner
Norbord has
announced the
winner of May’s
S t e r l i n g O S B
# S t e r l i n g S h o t s
social media
competition. John
T e n n a n t
(@littlejonjoiner), a
joiner from
Accrington, is the
latest winner of
£100 worth of
Love2Shop vouchers after entering the
#SterlingShots monthly competition by sending
in a photograph of SterlingOSB in action to
Twitter (@Sterling_OSB). John used
SterlingOSB to create a unique kitchen
cupboard and has used the building material
numerous times before when building office
furniture or boxing pipes in bathrooms and
roofing. “I chose to use SterlingOSB as it is a
strong and reliable product. It’s easy to work
with and cheaper than plywood – plus it has a
lot more character, It’s a product that I will
definitely carry on using and I am hoping to use
it to make my son a new bed!” Members of the
public can enter the competition by sending a
photograph of any SterlingOSB they spot being
used to the SterlingOSB Twitter or Facebook
pages, and using the hashtag #SterlingShots.
Norbord is one of the world’s leading
manufacturers of engineered wood-based panel
products. All products are FSC-certified and
Norbord’s brands, SterlingOSB, CaberBoard,
CaberWood MDF and ContiBoard are commonly
specified by architects, national housebuilders
and specifiers. For further information, call
01786 812 921 or visit www.norbord.co.uk.
Enquiry 81
Pulling Together
When sections of the existing roof covering the
Ryde Arena Ice Rink on the Isle of Wight were
torn from the building and blown into the car
park, the rink was forced to close immediately.
Following further bad weather, restricting
repairs and more water ingress, local roofing
company Heathfield Developments, with the
help of local Jewson branch, Manners View and
Icopal’s roofing solution, looked to rectify the
issue as quickly as possible. Sunny Lotay of
Jewson met with the owner of Heathfield
Developments on site to discuss the various
flat roofing solutions on offer. Icopal’s
Enviroflex liquid applied waterproofing
membrane was proposed as part of a new
warm roof insulated build up. Enviroflex is a
single component polyurethane based,
moisture curing coating, applied in multiple
layers in conjunction with a polyester
reinforcing fleece. The coating is vapour
permeable and suitable for use on both new
build and remedial projects. The Enviroflex
membrane was chosen for its user-friendly
characteristics: being VOC free, quick curing,
low odour and high vapour permeability,
making it the ideal choice to install quickly to
minimise any further damage. The repair
works were successfully completed in February
2016 and the ice rink re-opened to the public
shortly after. For more information visit
www.icopal.co.uk and www.jewson.co.uk.
Enquiry 80
Insulating a Difficult Roof?
Squeezing a
better thermal
performance out
of your roof
r e f u r b i s h m e n t
doesn’t mean a
raised roof line.
Thanks to a new generation of insulating
breather membranes, rafter level insulation
upgrades are an efficient way of upgrading,
managing condensation and retaining the
roofline of the building. LABC-Registered
PhotonAir is fully breathable, easy to install,
air-open and doesn’t need counter battening, it
is draped over rafters like a conventional
breather membrane, side-stepping the need to
raise the roof.
l Moisture permeable lath and plaster
ceilings - PhotonAir better manages
condensation
l Exposed purlins and rafters, (vapour barrier
isn’t practical) – PhotonAir presents no
condensation risk
l Social housing – PhotonAir improves the
thermal performance of a group of adjoining
properties without raising roof height or
disturbing occupants/interior finish
l Where 50% of the roof is being refurbished
requiring an insulation upgrade - PhotonAir
leaves a roof watertight in a day
l Where the standard is not technically,
functionally or economically feasible, any
thermal element should be upgraded to the
best standards achievable - PhotonAir
achieves a U-value of 0.60 in 75mm rafter at
400mm spacing
l Air-open PhotonAir is the most breathable
insulating breather membrane. NHBC
accepts it without a supporting ridge or high
level ventilation.
- visit www.thermictechnology.co.uk, call
01257 241084 or email
info@thermictechnology.co.uk. Enquiry 77
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