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Floor Area Compliance Certificate

Floor Area Compliance Certificate, as set out in the Housing Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 128 of 2004). Republic of Ireland... Read More...

Hot Melt

Hot Melt

Hot melt systems were developed in the United States of America. They were introduced into the United Kingdom approximately 25 years ago and into the Irish market 10 years ago... Read More...

Liquid Waterproofing

Liquid waterproofing has many and varied applications in addition to roofing. It is used on balconies, walkways, terraces, bridges, car parks and roof gardens... Read More...

Maintenance

Flat roofs should be inspected at least one every year. It does not need to be done by a professional but some roofing contractors offer such a service... Read More...

Mastic 2

Mastic Asphalt

Mastic asphalt is the oldest and most long serving of all roof waterproofing membranes... Read More...

Roof Garden

Roof Gardens

Once the structure is designed to carry the weight, in principal, installing a garden, including shrubs and trees, on a roof is little different from installing on the ground... Read More...

The Environment

The flat roofing industry is investing heavily in methods of reducing our carbon footprint, from the development of more environmentally friendly manufacturing processes... Read More...

What is Atactic Polypropylene

Polypropylene is a, fatigue resistant, thermoplastic, used in a wide variety of applications. It is not a rubber. The addition of approximately 30% of APP... Read More...

What is Styrene Butadiene Styrene

Styrene Butadiene Styrene is a copolymer added to the bitumen binder in the production of bituminous roofing membranes... Read More...

wind

Wind

The greatest risk to wind damage is at the perimeter edges and all cappings, trims, metal flashings should be fixed at least at 300mm centres... Read More...