• RIBA SIG Rooflines October 2016 Feature
    SIG Roof Lines: The RIBA Journal October 2016 SIG Roof Lines: The RIBA Journal October 2016

    SIG Roof Lines: The RIBA Journal October 2016

SIG Roof Lines: The RIBA Journal October 2016

This week the October 2016 issue of RIBA Journal is published, complete with our ninth technical guide: SIG Roof Lines.

SIG Design & Technology partner with the RIBA Journal to help supply architects with impartial, useful advice on designing flat, green and metal roofs.

This […]

  • replacing a cathedral roof - mastic asphalt at Westminster Cathedral
    Replacing a Cathedral Roof – Mastic Asphalt at Westminster Replacing a Cathedral Roof – Mastic Asphalt at Westminster

    Replacing a Cathedral Roof – Mastic Asphalt at Westminster

Replacing a Cathedral Roof – Mastic Asphalt at Westminster

When Westminster Cathedral’s roof was first asphalted back in 1903, it would have utilised naturally occurring asphalt deposits dug up from an overseas lake.

These days, things are done a little differently. Instead, IKO’s Permaphalt – a polymer modified mastic […]

  • SPRA Launches Homeowner Guide and Home Insurance for Single Ply Roofing SPRA Launches Homeowner Guide and Home Insurance for Single Ply Roofing

    SPRA Launches Homeowner Guide and Home Insurance for Single Ply Roofing

SPRA Launches Homeowner Guide and Home Insurance for Single Ply Roofing

 

 

The Single Ply Roofing Association (SPRA) has published the ‘Homeowners Guide 2016,’ a valuable resource for homeowners wanting to understand the advantages of single ply roofing for their […]

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  • flat roof overlay
    When to use single ply membranes for a flat roof overlay When to use single ply membranes for a flat roof overlay

    When to use single ply membranes for a flat roof overlay

When to use single ply membranes for a flat roof overlay

This week Frank Williamson, Technical Manager at our product partner IKO Polymeric, asks whether you can use single ply membranes for a flat roof overlay, and what you should consider […]

  • Dave Schofield
    Dave Schofield D&T Operations Director Dave Schofield D&T Operations Director

    Dave Schofield D&T Operations Director

Dave Schofield D&T Operations Director

We are pleased to announce that Dave Schofield has been promoted from Commercial Manager to D&T Operations Director at SIG Design and Technology.

With a long standing career in the roofing and builders’ merchant sectors, Dave has six years’ experience […]

By |August 4th, 2016|News|0 Comments
  • Interstitial Condensation: Core Sample of Cold roof showing failed deck and Unvented void
    Leaking Roof? Check it isn’t Interstitial Condensation Leaking Roof? Check it isn’t Interstitial Condensation

    Leaking Roof? Check it isn’t Interstitial Condensation

Leaking Roof? Check it isn’t Interstitial Condensation

We’ve been talking to Ian Dryden, Business Development Manager at SIG Roofing, about an increasing concern he has for flat roofs built in the 1980s and early 1990s, and incorrectly refurbished roofs which appear to be leaking, but they […]

  • Single Ply TPO Membranes vs TPE
    Single Ply Membranes: Comparing TPO Membrane and TPE Single Ply Membranes: Comparing TPO Membrane and TPE

    Single Ply Membranes: Comparing TPO Membrane and TPE

Single Ply Membranes: Comparing TPO Membrane and TPE

This week Dave Embery, Divisional Director at our product partner IKO Polymeric, provides us with a comparison between two single ply membrane types: TPO and TPE.
 

What is TPO Membrane?

TPO’s (Thermoplastic Polyolefin) have been extensively used within the single […]

  • Build UK Logo
    SIG Design and Technology partners with Build UK SIG Design and Technology partners with Build UK

    SIG Design and Technology partners with Build UK

SIG Design and Technology partners with Build UK

SIG Design and Technology, part of SIG UK Exteriors, is proud to be partnering with Build UK. Launched in September 2015 with an action plan to deliver change, this group is addressing key industry issues and […]

  • SPRA Conference 2016
    Single Ply Roofing Association 2016 Conference and Awards Single Ply Roofing Association 2016 Conference and Awards

    Single Ply Roofing Association 2016 Conference and Awards

Single Ply Roofing Association 2016 Conference and Awards

This year’s SPRA conference marks the end of our Trading Director Mike Crook’s Chairmanship of SPRA, the Single Ply Roofing Association, and we’re celebrating by sponsoring a live blog of the conference on their website.

The […]

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  • re-roofing vue cinema doncaster
    Re-Roofing a Building when in Use: Vue Cinema Doncaster Re-Roofing a Building when in Use: Vue Cinema Doncaster

    Re-Roofing a Building when in Use: Vue Cinema Doncaster

Re-Roofing a Building when in Use: Vue Cinema Doncaster

When this multi-screen cinema on the outskirts of Doncaster needed a section of its asphalt flat roof refurbished as part of extension and maintenance works, the owners needed the building to stay open to the public throughout the installation.  […]

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