68 BUILDING FABRIC City West Dublin development protected with Wraptite® airtightness
The superior airtightness and water resistance protection benefits of the Wraptite® external air barrier system from the A. Proctor Group is a key feature of an exciting new development at City West, Dublin, Ireland. The project development on behalf of Cairn Homes consists of over 400 residential units within nine apartment buildings ranging in height from one to nine storeys. The new homes form part of a wider mixed-use development, including retail, commercial, office units, residential amenity space, and open spaces along with services provisions to facilitate the development, including parking, The project’s design was created by award-winning practice Reddy Architecture + Urbanism, and Platt & Reilly, one of the UK’s and Ireland’s leading partition and ceiling contractors, installed the Wraptite system. The Wraptite System is installed as an external air barrier and alternative to a traditional standard breather membrane. Wraptite is the only self-adhering vapour-permeable air barrier certified by the BBA and combines the essential properties of vapour permeability and airtightness in one self-adhering membrane. The self-adhered nature of Wraptite and its high level of water resistance and simplified detailing made it an ideal choice.
01250 872261
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Membranes_DPR.indd 1 Keylite helps housebuilders meet current regulations 04/10/2023 10:48
Many housebuilders are opting to specify Keylite Roof Windows (Keylite) as their preferred supplier, due to the market-leading and innovative product solutions that come as standard. With several changes made to Building Regulations in England and Wales last year, including additions to ‘Approved Document L: Conservation of fuel and power’ and ‘Approved Document F: Ventilation’, housebuilders have been looking for products that take the headache out of compliance by ensuring they meet current requirements. The purpose of Part L is to ensure energy efficiency in buildings, with new and existing homes in England now being subject to higher building performance targets. When it comes to heat loss, one of the biggest issues for housebuilders is thermal bridging, which is an area of a building construction which has a significantly higher heat transfer (loss) than the surrounding materials. One example of where this would occur is with junctions around windows, including roof windows. Keylite has taken the lead in ensuring it removes the possibility of this occurring, ensuring its products are designed in such a way that housebuilders don’t have to consider the ‘gap’. These built-in features help eliminate thermal bridging, which reduces the risk of non-compliance and delivers a build that is closer to the expected energy performance.
01283 200 158
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Windows_DPR.indd 1 Yale Expede Window Bracket reduces site times Y
ale has launched an innovative new window bracket which can reduce housebuilding programmes dramatically. The patented Yale Expede Window Bracket
allows fabricators to fi t fully glazed windows straight into the external timber wall panels at the factory during the production process, and then be delivered fl at to the building site. This saves time and money, provides a consistent factory fi nish and creates signifi cant savings for housebuilders.
TIME SAVINGS AND INCREASED SALES REVENUE The bracket off ers increased productivity and a faster installation once the timber panels have been erected on site as the window is simply pushed out to the required distance and the fi nal fi x inserted to permanently hold in this position. Both internal and external trades can start immediately, as the build will be watertight within one day. This can reduce the overall programme by approximately three weeks, as well as reducing site costs.
INCREASED SAFETY Paul Atkinson, Managing Director at Yale, comments: “For housebuilders, time is money, and our bracket speeds up the entire build programme and of course window installation. With the fully glazed window in place, wet trades can get onsite earlier, and buildings are more secure from the outset. It also reduces the risk of accidents linked to manual handling and working at heights. It’s no wonder housebuild- ers are eagerly awaiting this new product.”
SUSTAINABILITY Timber can dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of a new build. Of all the main building materials, it is the most environmentally friendly, as it has the lowest energy consumption and the lowest carbon dioxide emissions. Manufactured and tested in the UK, the
Yale Expede window bracket has been subjected to loading in excess of 200kg in the
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open position for over 72 hours and corrosion testing up to 240 hours. It is available in 50mm and 75mm variants and is covered by Yale’s Lifetime Guarantee.
01902 366800
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