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Building, Refurbishment & Maintentance
Gradus wall system
protects school
Contract interiors specialist Gradus has supplied and
fitted a comprehensive wall protection system at a
new state-of-the art special school in Wigan,
Kemperol
helping to create a safe, easy-to-maintain and
colourful learning environment.
waterproofing – the
Throughout the school’s corridors, Gradus
“With 130 students, some of whom are
installed stainless steel corner guards and Sanparrel
wheelchairs users, it was important that the wall
sustainable option
rubrails in a variety of co-ordinating colours. Gradus
protection system could withstand daily wear and
also installed a Sanparrel PVC-u sheet system in the
tear from pedestrian and wheeled traffic and the
Sustainability is a major consideration for
school’s sports hall to create an attractive
Gradus wall protection system really delivered on
specifiers choosing building materials and is
environment and provide additional protection for
both quality of installation and product.”
mirrored in the product development
these vulnerable wall surfaces.
The stainless steel corner guards were installed to
strategies of many manufacturers,
Andrew Perkins, Premises Manager for Oakfield
protect the corridor corners from damage caused
including Kemper, the UK’s leading
High School, comments: “The wall protection
by wheelchairs, teaching equipment and
producer of liquid-applied waterproofing.
system from Gradus not only complements the
schoolbags, whilst the contemporary steel finish
The company has announced that its
school’s colour scheme, co-ordinating with the
suited the school’s modern interior design.
Kemperol 2K-PUR product – the only
floors in different areas of the school, but it is also
solvent-free liquid waterproofing in the UK
durable enough to help reduce ongoing repair and
uwww.gradusworld.com
– now uses resin with an 80% renewable
maintenance costs.
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component sourced from castor oil. For
specifiers looking for products with a low
environmental footprint, this gives the
IGLOOS offer a brighter choice
option of zero solvents, a largely
renewable composition... and yet no
IGLOOS Washrooms are pleased
sacrifice in performance or economy. Used
to announce that they have
with Kemperol fleece – which itself has a
recently developed their existing
25% recycled content – it has a 20-year
cubicle system ranges to include
warranty and an (ETAG) “expected
a collection suitable for the
working life” of at least 25 years.
education sector.
Compatible primer and surfacing
These include pre-school,
components are also available in solvent-
primary and secondary and have
free formulations, forming a complete
been designed as a result of
waterproofing system with unmatched
extensive research into the
environmental credentials. Being BBA
common difficulties associated
certified it is ideal for newbuild and,
with school toilets. The pre-
because Kemperol permanently bonds to
school range can incorporate age
almost all substrates, on refurbishment
appropriate learning aids such as
projects it is usually unnecessary to remove
shapes, colours, alphabet letters,
and dispose of the failed material, reducing
words and sums.
waste, transport and landfill.
Problems identified by
A technical information pack - obtained
IGLOOS varied according to the
using the reader reply service - contains
age ranges. For example privacy problem in secondary schools as general problem across the
datasheets and samples of the finished
is an issue in primary schools as they experience more bullying board.
membrane.
the pupils are quite self and vandalism, this resulted in
conscious of using urinals, needing more resilient materials
uwww.kempersystem.co.uk
therefore there was a need for to be incorporated into the
uenquiries@kempersystem.co.uk
urinal partitions and higher design. Lastly poor hygiene and
uwww.iglooswashrooms.com
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cubicles. Durability can be a ventilation was found to be a u01438 861418
Door closer hits the right notes at music school
The popularity of Samuel Heath’s Perko On a technical level the door closer
Powermatic
®
controlled, concealed door meets fire performance and accessibility
closer within the education sector has standards, together with maintenance
continued to grow with its use has free service and a manufacturer’s 10-
been in the development of a new year guarantee.
music school at Godolphin and Equally attractive are the health and
Latymer, an independent girls’ school in safety benefits that derive from the fact
West London. that Perko Powermatic
®
is totally
Perko Powermatic’s
®
success in concealed when the door is closed.
educational buildings stems from the These include reduced opportunity for
increasing awareness amongst vandalism, which can render a door
professionals responsible for the useless, and its suitability for
management and development of anti-ligature applications
buildings of the many benefits that the
door closer’s technical performance and
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concealment delivers. u0121 772 2303
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