Putting Glidevale Protect in the frame at InverTay Homes development
Leading building products manufacturer Glidevale Protect is supplying its construction and roofing membranes for a new timber frame housing development currently being constructed by InverTay Homes in Dundee.
Being built offsite by InverTay Homes’ timber frame arm Timber Engineering UK, the large 114 home development of affordable family homes is being built offsite using Timber Engineering UK’s advanced timber frame system, Ultrakit. Glidevale Protect played a key role in achieving the level of energy efficiency required by InverTay Homes with its Protect TF200 Thermo external membrane installed to the Ultrakit timber frames in the factory, helping to achieve a low U-value of 0.16 for the standard external wall. Protect TF200 Thermo, which has an insulating, reflective surface and provides a strong aged thermal resistance, helped improve the U-value performance of the wall. Glidevale Protect also supplied its heavy duty vapour impermeable underlay, Protect A1, to ensure a second line of defence for the roof structures.
The Ultrakit wall system is designed to deliver high performing, low carbon timber frame houses, making it the perfect fit for InverTay Homes with its ethos of creating genuinely affordable housing by building energy efficient homes, maximising thermal performance to reduce running costs.
Caryn Gibson, Business Operations Manager from Timber Engineering UK said: “Ultrakit is one of the most efficient methods of delivering high quality, energy efficient housing at scale. Designed for rapid assembly and exceptional performance, Ultrakit accelerates the pace at which homes are built, whilst also reducing carbon emissions and delivering cost savings. Using the high quality wall membranes from Glidevale Protect allowed us to achieve the U-value targets set for this project and ensure that the homes we’re building are not only energy efficient but will also be protected from the risk of interstitial condensation.”
John Mellor, Head of Marketing at Glidevale Protect added: “We’ve developed our product range to provide innovative, high performance solutions for both traditional and offsite construction projects alike. Working with Timber Engineering UK and adopting a fabric first approach, means that we’re able to maximise the thermal efficiency of these houses to create homes fit for the future.”
Glidevale Protect’s A1 roofing membrane provides a high performance, heavy duty type HR roofing underlay which is completely water and air tight, offers unrestricted use for wind uplift in zones 1-5 across the UK and Ireland without the need for additional sealing tapes, and is designed for use on all cold and warm pitched roofs in conjunction with high and low level ventilation. Both Protect A1 and Protect TF200 Thermo can be used to provide temporary protection of external walls and roofs during the build process as well as being a secondary line of protection from water and windblown snow.
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