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APPOINTMENTS & NEWS; BUILDING PRODUCTS PAGE HEADING Vent-Axia launches Lo-Carbon Sentinel Econiq BRAND NEW CPD FROM LEVIAT


Leviat’s latest CPD seminar, ‘Considered Facade Solutions for Complex Applications’ helps specifi ers and building professionals understand the complex issues that can arise when designing masonry facades – crucial in order to keep control over the design process and to keep within budgeted construction costs.


On 21 November, Sara Dawes, one of the Regional Technical Sales Managers at Leviat, delves deeper into wall ties, damp proof coursing, large cavities, pier arrangements, as well as other slab zone components, and how they can impact the design of masonry support systems.


0114 275 5224 cpd.uk@leviat.com


Vent-Axia has launched its latest flagship Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) system, the Lo-Carbon Sentinel Econiq. With the new Future Homes Standard on the horizon, which looks set to reduce carbon emissions for new build residential properties by a further 75-80% than current Building Regulations, the Sentinel Econiq is designed to provide low carbon heat recovery ventilation for air-


tight thermally efficient new build homes. Helping housebuilders on their route to decarbonisation, the Sentinel Econiq offers exceptional efficiency, near silent operation and complete controllability, providing excellent indoor air quality (IAQ) and comfort for occupants.


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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, offi ce 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 certifi ed by the BBA and combines the essential properties of vapour permeability and airtightness in one self-adhering membrane.


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Wraptite®


airtightness for new self-build house


A self-build house in County Monaghan, Ireland, has been built incorporating the high-performing Wraptite air-barrier from the A. Proctor Group. The project, designed by McGuigan Architects, Monaghan, consists of a 250 m2 detached private residence developed by Mark Skinnader. The client, Mark Skinnader, explains: “In the early stages of the project, the A. Proctor Group technical representative visited the site to identify a suitable airtight system. As there is no cavity in the proposed wall build-up, we chose the Wraptite breather membrane to act as a vapour permeable and airtight barrier at the sheathing board layer.” The house design is a load-bearing Lightweight Steel Frame Construction. The steel frame system’s exterior fi nish is formed of a 12 mm Y-Wall Sheathing Board, the Wraptite Airtight Breather Membrane, and a 150 mm Sto EPS Insulated Render System. The U-Value and condensation risk calculations carried out by the A. Proctor Group on the proposed through wall build-up confi rmed no risk of condensation. The membrane provided both a damage resistant air barrier layer and effective secondary weather protection in one installation process.


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The creation of a basement complex that has taken a year to construct and which extends beneath an access road to link the main property with a separate building, is making use of multiple waterproofi ng products from the range of Triton Systems. The 900 m2 across main house tunnel and adjacent house reinforced concrete sub-structure to what will be a six-bedroom private residence, with amenities including a swimming pool and gym, has been excavated and formed by Leicester based Beautiful Basements, in a contract valued at £800K. As well as using Triton’s formable rubber Adcor and CEMfl ex steel waterbar products to provide continuity between the multiple sections, all of the ready mixed concrete supplied to the site by Flomix Concrete also incorporates Triton’s TT waterproofi ng admixture. The Managing Director of Beautiful Basements, Andy Parkes, commented: “This has been a long and complex contract but it is progressing well. We always use the Triton membranes and perimeter channels as our go-to solution for these sorts of contracts, as we have enjoyed an excellent working relationship with the company going back more than a decade.”


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