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Case Studies Autumn 2004

Project: Linda Barker programme, “Building The Dream”
SIG branch: Aaron Bristol
Supplier: John Brash & Company Ltd
Details: The house has been designed as a contemporary extension to the historic village of Witham Friary. It is being built using a timber structure with recycled newspaper insulation, clad with a combination of timber shingles, stone walls and clay roof tiles. [click here for more]

	Project: National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham SIG branch: Roof Coverings Midlands Supplier: John Brash & Company Ltd Details: The Motorcycle Museum, with its series of interlinked ‘pyramid’ roofs, was severely damaged in a fire. The job of rebuilding the roof fell to specialist contractor Roof Coverings Midlands, a local company well known for its quality workmanship on high profile projects. The products were sourced through Proos Roofing Supplies Birmingham. [click here for more]

	Project: Discovery Home & Leisure programme, "How To Build A House" SIG branch: Aaron Roofing Supplies Supplier: Aaron Gloucester Details: The house is a 4/5 bedroom, contemporary house designed by Heath Avery, a well-known Gloucestershire group of architects. Discovery is following the build from foundations to completion and aims to promote the series as 'The definitive guide to self-building'. [click here for more]

	Project: Haddon Lakehouse SIG branch: SIG Supplier: SIG Details: The house is contemporary in style and decks out over a lake that has also been restored. The house has been made using “green” and natural materials so that the building blends well with the landscape. There is considerable media interest due to the unique nature of the project, and sponsorship from companies is helping to realise the innovative new house in its stunning setting, and restore the historic landscape. [click here for more]

	Project: The Birmingham Children's Hospital SIG branch: A.C. Smith Applications Supplier: Proos Birmingham Details: In April A.C.Smith (Applications) completed a major re-roofing project on "G" wing, of The Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The specification involved stripping some 1,000 sqm. of 120 year old Westmoreland Random slate, then sarking over with Klober Permo Forte. [click here for more]

	Project: Blackpool Landmark Hotel SIG branch: Byron Roofing Supplier: Kesteven Roofing Centre Hull Details: The specification demanded that the roof should give the appearance of slate to blend in with other buildings in the area, but it had to be durable enough to withstand the severe weather conditions experienced on the seafront. Brecon Grey Landmark Slates met the specification on all counts. [click here for more]

Case Studies Spring 2004

Project: Goodwood Festival of Speed Central Display
SIG branch: Formerton Sheet Sales
Supplier: GE Structured Products
Details: A spectacular 40 metre high work of art depicting one of the proudest moments in Ford’s motorsport history, wowed the crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2003. The central display outside Goodwood House is always one of the highlights of the festival and this massive sculpture representing Ford’s 1,2,3 GT40 win at Le Mans in 1966 is the tallest structure ever seen in front of the 300-year-old Sussex stately home. [click here for more]

	Project: Tredarvah, St Ives, Cornwall SIG branch: Asphaltic Newquay Supplier: SSQ Details: At St Ives, three new luxury houses are being built on a plot overlooking Carbis Bay. Named Tredarvah, the development blends modern and traditional materials, making extensive use of SSQ Riverstone slate, which blends well with the landscape.
The SSQ Riverstone slate is not only used on the roof but as a rain screen overcladding on exposed walls too.

Case Studies Autumn 2003

  Project: Balmoral Castle
  Roofing Contractor: Briggs Roofing
  SIG branch: Asphaltic Aberdeen
  Supplier: Marley Waterproofing
  Details: The 220m2 of existing waterproofing was removed down to the timber boarded deck and                           replaced with the System 600 materials, including 85mm of Polyurethane insulation. The result was                           a high quality roof fit for a queen!

  Roofing Contractor: Everlast Waterproofing Ltd
  SIG branch: Asphaltic Leeds
  Supplier: Callenders Vulcanite
  Details: Asphaltic Leeds supplied £60,000 worth of insulation and felt for a large re-roofing contract   at Eddie Stobart in Workington, Cumbria. The job was done using the Callenders Fast Track system                           to save the contractor time and money.

  Project: Eskbank Toll
  Roofing Contractor: The Peter Walker Group
  SIG branch: Asphaltic Edinburgh
  Supplier: SSQ
  Details: 80,000 Matacouta slates were used on this new residential development in the heart of   Midlothian. Matacouta slate is produced in traditional Scottish sizes and thicknesses and the                           blue/black colour is an ideal alternative to indigenous Scottish slate that is no longer quarried.

  Project: Reclaimed Tiles in Dunsfold
  Roofing Contractor: Stuart Keith Roofing
  SIG branch: Coleman Portsmouth and Coleman Reading
  Supplier: Coleman Roofing Supplies
  Details: This reconstructed house was built by Surrey builder MB Moore and used a mixture of light                           and dark reclaimed machine made clay tiles on the roof and new Swallow hand made clay tiles on                           the vertical elevations.

Case Studies Spring 2003

Reach for the skies

Our Asphaltic Haydock branch extended its renowned customer service to the far reaches of the planet when it supplied plywood decking to a futuristic observatory, 13,000 feet above sea level in Halakeala, Maui, in the Pacific Ocean.

The Plywood decking was supplied to the customer via FDT who were providing the Single Ply membranes. Tony Bryan, Managing Director for FDT, stated “We chose to buy Plywood from Asphaltic because of our relationship and the speed of delivery, due to the fact that the Haydock branch is close to the shipping depot where the containers were stacked for shipment”.

The observatory contains a state of the art telescope, developed by Liverpool University, used for surveying the skies in actual time. Key to the viability of the “scope” was the housing. Because the enclosure is sliding in and out the cladding had to be flat and unobtrusive.

Originally it was planned to use aluminium cladding supported by steel decking but this was not practical and was too heavy for the structure.

The choice was made to use FDT’s Single Ply membrane, but at 2mm thickness it needed to be supported. This is where the plywood came in! The plywood was simply screwed to profiled steel decking and the membrane was attached to the outside. The plywood followed the slight contour in the steelwork to give the enclosure its shape.

FDT’s technical team completed the project in October 2002 and the telescope will become operational later this year. Asphaltic also liased with FDT to supply Plywood for a similar project in Australia, starting this summer!

Consult your local branch for FDT’s Single Ply membranes - and of course plywood decking!