A New Flat Roofing Technical Blog
Welcome to the new SIG Design & Technology Technical Blog.
We’ll be using the blog to explore some of your most common roof design questions, about flat roof systems, green roofs and integrating other technologies to help your roof work harder.
SIG Design & Technology provides a complete and impartial design and supply service built around its flat roof products, including green roofing systems. We help roofing designers and contractors make their roofs save energy and carbon, generate energy and integrate with other technologies such as solar collection, drainage and heat pumps.
With decades of experience we’re familiar with many of the problems designers and contractors face when looking at getting the most from a roof, and have examples of successful projects you can use to satisfy your clients and insurers.
Some of the common questions we’ll be investigating in the coming weeks include:
- Re-roofing buildings whilst in Use
- Using Single Ply Membranes in exposed coastal positions
- How to design a flat Threshold to your Roof Terrace
- Roofing Membranes in bespoke RAL colours
- Effective Value Engineering of Roofing systems
- Avoiding Metal Theft on Copper Roofs
Whether you’re an architect, specifier or contractor, we hope that our investigations into the most commonly asked questions about adding value to your roof design will prove helpful.
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We’d like to invite you to share your questions with us, either by contacting us at [email protected] or simply by commenting on this blog. We look forward to hearing from you.
I Recently heard that the PVC which is used a lot in roofing projects is the new asbestos due to when people inhale PVC particles when drilling, sawing etc. Similar to asbestos exposure this can cause long term health damage. Have you heard anything similar to this or is this just another nasty rumor made up by the health & Safety brigade? Mike Jones, Director, ASL Asbestos Surveys Edinburgh http://www.surveyasbestos.org
Hi Mike,
Many thanks for taking the time to post on our blog.
Health and safety is obviously of key importance to all producers and installers of any product and we take our responsibilities as supplier / specifier with the same care and attention as they do.
We have COSHH / MSD sheets for all of our range of PVC, PIB and TPE membranes together with their associated accessories.
Your query specifically relating to PVC particles / dust is generally less applicable on site due to the recommendations regarding installation methodology but may have some bearing on the manufacture process? We have, to date, not had any issues raised with ourselves on this matter.
If you are aware of any specific concerns please do let me know and I will follow up with both our suppliers as well as the trade association the SPRA (I sit on the technical committee) and I will get back to you with the results of my investigations.
Should you have any specific questions you would like to raise with me do not hesiate to contact me directly.
Best regards
Stephen J Cleminson
Technical Services Manager
[email protected]
Good article and looking forward to more
http://www.bristolroofingcompany.co.uk
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The SIG D&T Blogging Team
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