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BLM British Lead introduces technical
support service
BLM British Lead is pleased to
announce the launch of its own
in-house technical support service
with David Pounds joining the
company as technical advisor.
David comes with a wealth of
knowledge and experience in the
industry, having spent 13 years as
technical advisor at the Lead Sheet
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Association.
The service
aims to fulfil the
requirements of
architects, specifiers,
surveyors, contractors
and property owners
working at design,
construction or postinstallation
stages.
A wide range
of services will be
available including
free basic advice
through to five levels
of paid service for
more in-depth or
detailed responses,
reports and site visits
as well as bespoke
support packages.
For more information on the
level of support you require, or for
further advice on working with
Lead in construction, contact BLM’s
technical team on 0330 333 3535 or
email technical@britishlead.co.uk.
www.britishlead.co.uk
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Faster, safer, stronger… Permo extreme
RS SK2 passes tests with flying colours
Tests at the BRE’s Garston laboratories
have proved that Klober’s Permo
extreme RS SK2 roofing underlay
can withstand the rigours of the UK’s
weather without the need for support
boards beneath it.
Graham Copson, Klober’s
technical manager, estimates that
removing the need for plywood or
OSB boards and counter battens will
save at least £8 per m2. It will also save
on labour costs, and remove the safety
risks associated with lifting and laying
boards. “The way Permo extreme RS
SK2 performed in the tests underlines
what a premium product this is,” he
said. “There was no leakage, even at
the most extreme conditions.”
In the BRE tests, Permo extreme
RS SK2 was laid at 12.50 with
no slates or tiles on top of it and a
10-to-15mm deep drape – or sag –
between rafters, in line with the latest
update to BS 5534, the code of practice
for slating and tiling for pitched roofs
and vertical cladding.
The underlay was fastened to
the rafters with tacks and 50mm
Butylon tape fixed down the rafters
to seal around any nail penetrations.
Battens were installed with fixing nails
through the Butylon tape and the next
layer of Permo Extreme RS SK2 laid
with a 100mm headlap so adhesive
strips meet.
The first test was a rain deluge test
designed to create one-in-fifty-year
conditions. The second combined
wind, driving rain and suction from
underneath, with all three elements
increasing every five minutes over a
55-minute period.
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Cupa Pizarras chosen for revamped heritage site
Dalkeith Country Park is a £7 million
development where the building
products specified needed to reflect
the rich historic surroundings.
Recently, the development has
also been awarded two accolades
for conservation at this year’s
Edinburgh Architectural Association
Awards. Consequently, this led to
Cupa Pizarras’ high quality Heavy
3 slate being chosen for the recently
refurbished stable yard.
Dalkeith Country Park, located
just five miles from Edinburgh
and set across a 1,000-acre park,
is part of the Dalkeith Palace
estate, owned by the Duke of
Buccleuch. Needing a sensitive
and effective restoration of its
stables and courtyard, the estates
team hired a chartered architect
to integrate historical features
within the new development.
Named Restoration Yard,
the project saw the stables and
courtyard reimagined to create
a new retail area, restaurant and
wellbeing space, where the horse
stalls and their feeding racks can
still be viewed among the new
features of the building. The
development also saw the reopening
of the adventure park, now named
Fort Douglas.
James Palmer, associate
director of Buccleuch Property,
said: “Buccleuch has made
substantial investment into the
preservation and development
of the Country Park. It was also
important to select products that
would secure the architectural
heritage of the landscape and listed
properties. Cupa’s product has
done exactly this.”
Cupa Pizarras was able to fit
the brief by supplying its Heavy 3
slate, a product that is particularly
popular in Scotland due to its close
resemblance to the traditional
Ballachulish natural slate that is
no longer produced. Its mediumgrained
and blue-black colouring
with occasional quartz gives it an
authentic and visually appealing
finish that is well suited to a
project with this prestige.
Heavy 3 also reportedly
offers many practical benefits. It
has ‘exceptional’ thickness and
durability, plus it is ‘impermeable,
non-combustible, UV-resistant
and unaffected by chemicals
and pollutants’, meaning it
effectively protects the building
beneath. Natural slate is also a
low-maintenance material that
is suitable for all environmental
conditions, thanks to it repelling
the growth of mould or fungi.
Allan Liddell, area sales
manager for Scotland, said: “Our
Heavy 3 slate is significantly
thicker than its competitors,
meaning it can provide maximum
endurance against the high wind
speeds and driving rain that is so
common throughout Scotland. This
made it perfectly positioned to
fulfil both aesthetic and practical
requirements of the development at
Dalkeith Country Park.
“This is also the first A-listed
building in Edinburgh with Heavy
3 and is an excellent example of
Scottish heritage preservation.”
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