We love using Green Roofs on our projects. They look great and have so many benefits both for a project itself and the wider community. However we often need to make the case in a structured way, so we […]
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Green Roof Benefits: A Baker’s Dozen Reasons to Specify a Green Roof
Green Roof Benefits: A Baker’s Dozen Reasons to Specify a Green Roof
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SIG Roof Lines: The RIBA Journal August 2015
SIG Roof Lines: The RIBA Journal August 2015
This week the August 2015 issue of RIBA Journal was published, complete with our fifth technical guide: SIG Roof Lines.
SIG Design & Technology are partnering with the RIBA Journal to help supply architects with impartial, useful […]
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Rhepanol Single Ply Roofing Installation Videos
Rhepanol Single Ply Roofing Installation Videos
Our friends at FDT who manufacture Rhepanol single ply roofing membrane have produced a set of single ply roofing installation videos. These videos are an excellent introduction to how the product is installed and will give you a useful […]
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Balcony Waterproofing – why use a Liquid?
Balcony Waterproofing – why use a Liquid?
Rising up from its Thames-side site at Pimlico at the meeting of Millbank and Vauxhall Bridge, River Walk is an elegant new development of 116 high specification apartments. The sinuous form of the buildings is picked out in limestone […]
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SPRA National Conference 2015 – Review
SPRA National Conference 2015 – Review
Last week saw the first national conference of the Single Ply Roofing Association, which had the objective of providing guidance and insights to its members from across the industry. In this post we look at what the conference covered […]
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SPRA National Conference – Live Blog #SPRAEvents2015
SPRA National Conference – Live Blog #SPRAEvents2015
We’re delighted to be attending the SPRA National Conference next Wednesday 24th June. The Single Ply Roofing Association (SPRA) is the trade association representing the UK’s single ply roofing industry, and our Trading Director, Mike […]
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How much will a Green Roof weigh?
How much will a Green Roof weigh?
We’re often asked about the weight of a green roof, because it’s one of a number of factors specifiers need to consider when deciding which roofing system to use.
To help you compare the options, we’ve produced a table that […]
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SIG Roof Lines: The RIBA Journal June 2015
SIG Roof Lines: The RIBA Journal June 2015
This week the June 2015 issue of RIBA Journal was published, complete with our fourth technical guide: SIG Roof Lines.
SIG Design & Technology are partnering with the RIBA Journal to help supply architects with impartial, useful […]
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Fixing Solar Panels to Flat Roofs – why we recommend an Engineered Solution
Fixing Solar Panels to Flat Roofs – why we recommend an Engineered Solution
When you specify a photovoltaic array for your flat roof, there is the option of either mechanically fixing the array, or alternatively using ballast to weigh them down without fixing into the structure.
In this article we will look at the options for […]
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Green Roof Systems: An Overview
Green Roof Systems: An Overview
The vegetating of a roof surface is described under a number of generic terms: ‘brown roof’, ‘biodiverse roof’, ‘living roof’ and so on. Each has evolved from the original terminology ‘green roof’ for marketing reasons or to differentiate specific […]
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