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New Façadeshield UV protects<br />
building fabric<br />
The A. Proctor Group, which is<br />
renowned for providing high<br />
quality, innovative solutions<br />
for the construction industry,<br />
is launching a new membrane<br />
- Façadeshield UV - which is<br />
designed specifically to<br />
protect the building fabric<br />
behind open jointed<br />
rainscreen cladding.<br />
Architects, developers and<br />
contractors can be reassured that the application of Façadeshield<br />
UV will ensure that the building fabric maintains good water<br />
resistance and breathability behind open jointed cladding.<br />
Façadeshield UV is a non-woven breathable membrane that<br />
combines exceptional water resistance and UV resistance with the<br />
aesthetically pleasing dark colour to provide a “shadow”<br />
appearance within open jointed rainscreen façades.<br />
Façadeshield UV enhances the air tightness of the building, whilst<br />
reducing the risk of condensation due to its high vapour<br />
permeability.<br />
www.proctorgroup.com<br />
New catalogue and state-of-the-art<br />
processing plant<br />
Wykamol, market leader in the<br />
development and supply of<br />
remedial treatment products for<br />
damp, insect infestation, and dry<br />
rot has launched a brand new<br />
corporate catalogue, featuring<br />
new innovations as well as timehonoured<br />
standards.<br />
Aimed at builders, contractors,<br />
specifiers and local authority purchasing departments, the compact 100-<br />
page booklet features every product in the current Wykamol portfolio,<br />
alongside technical drawings, product guides, explanatory diagrams, and<br />
illustrations of products in application and in situ.<br />
Insecticides, fungicides and all manner of timber and surface treatments<br />
remain a major part of Wykamol's business, and its comprehensive<br />
range is presented in its entirety in the new catalogue. It is, however,<br />
basement conversion, damp proofing and structural waterproofing with<br />
which the Wykamol name is now broadly tied.<br />
Wykamol has invested £850k in 2016, extending its Burnley HQ to house<br />
a new powder processing and bagging plant, where they can also<br />
prepare bespoke powder formulations to customer's exact<br />
specifications, such as cement waterproofing powders, thermal renders,<br />
and specialist structural grouts.<br />
www.wykamol.com<br />
Wraptite-SA conquers airtightness<br />
at 1066 Zero carbon homes<br />
Wraptite-SA airtight membrane has been specified to achieve a highly efficient<br />
building fabric as part of a concept to create a terrace of 5 Zero Carbon<br />
homes in a site close to the historic Hastings Castle. The design, by award<br />
winning eco-architects ZED factory, and their partner the Zero Bills Home Company,<br />
has transformed a derelict site into a modern development combining high quality<br />
with highly efficient homes, during the year, which coincides with the 950th<br />
anniversary of the famous 1066 battle.<br />
The homes are built from pre-fabricated heavy weight timber frame panels, with<br />
Wraptite-SA, self-adhering vapour permeable air barrier being applied on site. The use<br />
of Wraptite-SA makes a significant contribution to a building’s thermal performance by<br />
preventing lateral air movement. It also provides high vapour permeability in a<br />
continuously sealed, self-adhered, airtight membrane.<br />
Another key factor in the selection of materials was the requirement to meet the<br />
durability of being located in a marine environment. Wraptite- SA’s high vapour permeability<br />
allows damp sheathing to dry quickly and moisture vapour to escape. This ensures good<br />
indoor air quality and reduces the likelihood of mould, mildew, condensation, timber distortion<br />
and metal corrosion.<br />
Wraptite-SA was applied externally, quickly and easily to the timber panels in continuous<br />
pieces, unlike internal air barriers, which can be more complex and costly to install due to the<br />
need to a<strong>cc</strong>ommodate building services such as electrical, lighting, heating and drainage<br />
systems.<br />
In the battle for airtightness Wraptite continues to reassure, in both performance, and in ease<br />
of application. The only self-adhering vapour permeable air barrier certifi ed by the BBA, in<br />
both wall and pitched roof applications, Wraptite-SA continues to be the preferred choice in<br />
the drive towards Zero Carbon homes.<br />
www.proctorgroup.com/air-barriers<br />
Sep/Oct 2016 <strong>M1</strong><br />
<strong>MMC</strong><br />
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