Building Regulations

With a growing emphasis on reducing environmental impact, improving energy efficiency and delivering social value, the opportunity to achieve positive change through raising Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards has never been greater. As a… Read More

Concerns about the safety of RAAC concrete in school buildings has underlined the critical importance of taking proactive measures to ensure schools are safe and secure – as the list of schools affected by the… Read More

Did you know… …contractors and housebuilders run the risk of failing to obtain National House Building Council (NHBC) Warranty on properties or developments if they don’t conform to cavity tray requirements? As of 1st January… Read More

We know that our products are only as good as the contractors who install them so we would like to show our appreciation to our valuable customers who stand above the rest and make us… Read More

Road repair is a detailed process and there are a number of different solutions available depending on the surface defect. IKO Permatrack systems are used to treat cracking and crazing, whilst surfacing issues around ironwork… Read More

Road defects come in all shapes and sizes and will cause a range of issues for road users. They are mostly caused by water ingress, freeze/thaw and excessive usage from heavy traffic. Over time defects… Read More

The difference between warm roof and an inverted roofs is in the positioning of the roofing components. An inverted roof is effective as an upside-down warm roof. The waterproofing layer in a warm roof system… Read More

BS 6229:2018 describes best practise for designing, constructing, and maintaining roofs with a flat or curved surface. It is limited to roofs with a pitch no greater than 10 degrees to the horizontal and a… Read More

To achieve sustainability of a single ply roof covering, the specified material needs to tick so many boxes.  The first question to ask is what the material is made of and can it be recycled… Read More

Torch-on roofing is named due to using an open flame torch for the application of the reinforced bitumen membrane. Torch-on reinforced bitumen membranes are used predominantly for low slope and flat roofs. What are… Read More

The definition of a flat roof is guided by the pitch or the degree to which its surface deviates from the horizontal. The roof is considered flat if the pitch is less than 10… Read More

EPDM, or ethylene propylene diene monomer membrane, is one of the most popular single-ply membranes for residential and commercial low slope and flat roof systems. EPDM is essentially a synthetic rubber, making it an… Read More