Roofing The
Complete Package
Icopal is the world leader in building protection from the roof right down to the basement. With the UK’s most complete range of construction membranes, systems include flat roofs, pitched roofing, structural waterproofing, protective plastic sheeting and acoustic floor and wall systems. Here’s an overview of the company’s offerings.
The effect of poor acoustics on well-being is often underestimated, yet un-wanted noise can cause real distress and disorientation. There are a number of ways that noise is transmitted through buildings; external sources, that is sound which travels through open windows, doors or stairwells, and ‘internally transmitted sound’ which is when noise travels through floors, ceilings, walls and framing from adjoining dwellings or rooms.
Some external noise pollution can be addressed by closing windows and doors, but it is trickier when noise travels in stairwells or via the internal fabric. This is where good quality acoustic wall and flooring insulation is key such as Icopal’s Bridgestop and Tranquilt.
Monarfloor Bridgestop is a high performance membrane that prevents acoustic bridging commonly caused by a mortar build-up at the base of the cavity within separating party-cavity walls. It is often used as an acoustic isolation system for party walls, raft foundations or a continual slab. To complement Bridgestop, Icopal’s reinforced bitumen based Isolation Strip can be fitted to provide further acoustic isolation and damping.
Tranquilt is a lightweight acoustic isolation system for floating screeds and specified within Robust Details E-FC-11. When installed alongside Bridgestop and the Isolation Strip, it enables a concrete floor to surpass the performance requirements of Approved Document E of the Building Regulations.
When considering a roofing product, the focus should never be purely on the initial cost of the material; it’s the life-cycle of the solution that is more important - and this is where a product’s durability and longevity have a large role to play. A great example is Icopal’s Decra.
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Manufactured using a metal alloy base, which can be as thin as 0.43mm, and finished with a series of hardening and strengthening coatings, a solution such as this is just one seventh the weight of their slate, concrete or clay counterparts per square metre. They can be stacked and easily lifted on to the roof before being pulled down into position. The tile lengths can then be simply fixed to the timber roof structure underneath, through the upturned and downturned edges, using a hammer and nails or power nail gun. This process is far quicker than that associated with the fitting of individual tiles as less man hours are required to fit the system.
The product’s durability is also important as this has a direct effect on longevity. Thanks to their components and manufacturing process, Decra tiles are incredibly strong. Heavy objects thrown at them, such as bricks, will simply bounce off the surface. Equally, the way in which the tiles are fitted to the roof means that they can only be removed with specialised tools. This makes them more resilient against burglary and vandalism attacks. In fact, Decra is the first roofing systems supplier in the UK to be awarded Secured By Design certification.
Extreme weather will also not compromise the solution’s quality or durability as it is impervious to the effects of weathering. What’s more, the unique and very secure fixing method means the tiles cannot be lifted as a result of extreme wind loading.
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