Façade & Highrise Building Design SOLUTIONS FOR AIRTIGHTNESS AND HEAT, AIR & MOISTURE MOVEMENT

Façade & Highrise Building Design Our portfolio of specialist vapour and airtight membranes, combined with our extensive technical expertise, ensure that the correct balance of Heat, Air & Moisture Movement is achieved via the building envelope. Our patented externally applied airtight membrane system, Wraptite, offers commercial construction providers the ability to reliably and comfortably exceed current airtightness requirements. Our products are backed up by a dedicated team of technical experts, able to assist at every project stage from pre-planning to on site. We offer CAD detail reviews,...

Façade & Highrise Building Design Airtightness Air movement is important in the building envelope, both infiltration and exfiltration. We need to control interior conditioned air escaping (whether heated or cooled) and exterior air infiltrating as it puts more pressure on heating or cooling mechanisms internally. Airtight membranes are an obvious choice in this area whether vapour open, closed or variable. As Building Regulations have imposed more stringent energy performance criteria on the building envelope, improvements have often been driven through higher standards of insulation for roofs,...

Façade & Highrise Building Design WRAPTITE® CORNERS Wraptite is a unique patented external airtight and vapour permeable, self-adhered membrane which solves the problem of reliably achieving airtightness in buildings. Applying Wraptite to the outside of the building will mean there are fewer penetrations for services therefore the likelihood of expensive remedial work is greatly reduced. Wraptite is lightweight, easy to install and fully bonds to virtually any substrate, with a key benefit being its speed and ease of installation, negating any requirement for sealants or tapes. This new approach...

Façade & Highrise Building Design Airtightness WRAPTITE® LIQUID FLASHING A useful way of stopping unnecessary air leakage around openings and overlaps is to use Wraptite Tape, an airtight, tear resistant tape with high vapour permeability for internal and external applications. Wraptite Tape’s flexibility facilitates ease of application and detailing, while its resilient composition resists punctures and tears during construction. It can be left exposed for up to 120 days during construction and has a wide operating temperature range (-40°C to +100°C). Wraptite Tape is also available with a split...

Façade & Highrise Building Design Airtightness CONDENSATION CONTROL Fireshield is a vapour permeable walling underlay with fire proof surface. Fireshield is suitable for all walling applications including those in multiple storey buildings. Its unique coating doesn’t just resist fire, but eliminates fire spread. It is installed and fixed to the substrate in the same manner as standard breather membranes using mechanical fixings. Moisture (Condensation control) Fireshield can also be used on the external cavity face to improve the fire robustness of closed panel assemblies when installed to the...

Façade & Highrise Building Design Condensation Control Procheck 125 is a lightweight reinforced polyethylene vapour control layer which can be utilised in a variety of commercial applications. Procheck 125 with a vapour resistance of Sd 25m, means it can be utilised where very high moisture vapour resistance is not a necessity but a strong, durable airtight membrane is. Profoil 861 is a heavyweight, reinforced, UV stabilised vapour control layer with an aluminium foil core which gives a high water vapour resistance of Sd 1700m. This makes it ideal for high risk applications such as swimming pools...

Façade & Highrise Building Design Condensation Control PROCHECK® ADAPT Procheck Adapt is a high performing variable resistance vapour control layer for use in a variety of commercial and residential applications. It is designed to protect the building fabric from potential risks of condensation and it will also act as an airtight barrier. Its variable permeability adapts to changes in humidity levels becoming more resistant in Winter and more permeable in Summer. This means the building fabric is protected from damaging moisture levels during cold, wet months of the year and it will allow the...

Façade & Highrise Building Design Condensation Control Façadeshield UV is designed specifically to ensure the building fabric maintains good water resistance and breathability when used behind open jointed façades. It is a breathable membrane that combines exceptional water and UV resistance with the aesthetically pleasing anti-glare dark colour which provides a “shadow” appearance within open rainscreen façades. Façadeshield UV enhances the airtightness of the building whilst reducing the risk of condensation due to its’ high vapour permeability, yet airtight fabric. Façadeshield UV is robust,...

Ground Gas Protection Façade & Highrise Building Design High Risk Characteristic Sites High Risk Characteristic Sites Protech VOC Flex complies with CIRIA C748 and BS 8485:2015. It is a high performance 6 layer flexible proprietary reinforced VOC gas barrier and is suitable for use on brownfield sites that require protection from dangerous contaminants such as VOCs and hydrocarbons. Protech VOC Flex has been developed to ease installation on site due to the flexibility of the membrane. It is also suitable as a high performance damp proof membrane. Protech GM Super is a high performance proprietary...

• 5mm Geocomposite Void Former 2 which results in less contaminated spoil compared to a ‘pipe and gravel’ venting layer • lexible and easy to lay F • arge rolls available for reduced L installation times • ull range of ancillary products F • ompatible with Protech GM Range C of Gas Membranes High Risk Characteristic Sites Spacetherm SLENTEX® A2 is a flexible, high-performance, silica aerogel-based insulation material of limited combustibility used for exterior and interior applications. Supplied in a variety of finishes, the substantial layers of Spacetherm SLENTEX® A2 meet the requirements for...