Product Focus Autumn
2004
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Going
Potty Over Pots
When thinking about all the
products required for your project, don’t
forget to add the chimney pot to your list
– it is the finishing touch.
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more information please click here]
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Hot On Insulation
Over the past few months
SIG Roofing Supplies Group have strengthened
their partnership with Kingspan Insulation
and invested in pitched roof insulation.
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more information please click here]
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Antique Designs
Enhance Russell's Heritage Tile
The stunning new Victorian
and Elizabethan tiles have joined the existing
Jacobean Blend and Edwardian Russet to provide
specifiers, developers and contractors with
an exciting variety of traditional and contemporary
design ideas.
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more information please click here]
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A Great Line
In Roofline
Feedback from many of our
customers has shown us that roofline products
are becoming more and more important to the
average roofing contractor.
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more information please click here]
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A New Advance
In Soap Technology
Premium Metwash is a new
advance in soap technology. Ingredients in
Premium Metwash will bond with metal residues
and allow them to be cleansed.
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more information please click here]
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Product Focus Spring 2004
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Fasteners & Accessories
Self drilling fasteners are used for many applications within the whole roofing industry and the premium quality DRILLFAST self drilling fastener range is readily available from any SIG branch. These specialist DRILLFAST products have replaced many of the more traditional fixing methods.
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Install Rainwater Products and Improve your Profits…
Installing gutters is a job for plumber’s right? Wrong! If you’re a roofer and looking for ways to maximise profits and add value to your business, then offering your customers the right guttering for their property could add value and margin to your next project.
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New Woodgrain Options for Premier's Procell Range
The highly successful partnership between SIG Roofing and the leading extruder of PVCu window, door and cellular foam product, Premier Profiles, which has flourished this year across a number of regional depots, looks set to continue in 2004.
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Leading The Way
Lead has a number of applications in roofing. Traditionally, lead has been used for flashings, trims, valleys and gutters principally because it is easy to use, malleable and long lasting. Lead is supplied in a range of different thicknesses depending on how it will be used.
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Glad To Clad
The Asphaltic Cladding branch are celebrating its one year anniversary this month. Based in an office at Asphaltic Stoke this is not a traditional Asphaltic operation, but a specialised unit dealing with all aspects of the cladding market.
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Fitting a VELUX Roof Window – A Step by Step guide
Over the years, VELUX has simplified the installation process for their Roof Windows. With the introduction of their patented corner brackets, the process is easier and more accurate than ever before.
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Profiled Sheeting is Top for Rooftops!
SIG Roofing Supplies supply the full range of Eternit profiled fibre-cement sheeting in Profile 3 and Profile 6, including the newly developed Farmscape from the Profile 6 range designed to have a more natural look.
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Demand for Rhepanol hots up
Industry response bears this out. Rhepanol sales have doubled in two years while the 'Rhepanol Approved' contractor base has gone from a handful to 200 plus and FDT has trained more than 400 operatives - including many DLOs.
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Safety first in new underlay for warm roofing
No other underlay is known to have passed any tests for this level of safety in Britain, despite the ever-increasing focus on health and safety on building sites.
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Klober Launches Span - Tech & Takes The Time Out Of Stripping
Klober has added to its range of roofing underlays with the launch of Span-Tech, a lightweight non-breathable membrane for use on ventilated pitched roofs. They have also introduced Permo Forte SK to its market leading range of Permo vapour permeable membranes.
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DuPont™ EAS1FELT™
Incorporating the latest advances in roofing membrane technology, making it very strong and extremely weather tight. It is manufactured in three layers, comprising two UV stabilised polypropylene fabric layers fused together around a polypropylene film.
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Insulation Solutions
Insulation is an important part of the roof and there are many reasons why a roofing contractor uses insulation whether it be to reduce heat loss/heat gain, reduce running costs, reduce the risk of freezing or to provide condensation control.
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Product Focus Autumn 2003
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By
Hook or By Nail...?
Effective design
of a slate roof must take into consideration a number
of inter-related factors including site exposure,
the pitch of the roof and the type of slate selected.
These factors may determine your decision to use the
hook or nail fixing method.
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Colourful
Outlook
The market trend
towards coloured roof line and cladding products continues
to grow, according to Premier Profiles, the leading
extruder of PVCu window, door and cellular foam profile.
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COMPETITION
WINNER!
SIG
Roofing Supplies Group and Hunter Plastics are pleased
to announce the new name of the cartoon guttering
expert used on Hunter promotional materials.
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Dry
Fix Systems - The New Trend
The idea of
Dry Fix has actually been around for almost 20 years
although take up was originally slow, with mortar
still being used on 8 out of 10 roofs.* However in
recent months major manufacturers such as Lafarge
Roofing, Marley Roofing Products and Sandtoft Roof
Tiles have launched new awareness campaigns around
Dry Fix.
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New
Products, Improved Service
At SIG Roofing
Supplies Group we are dedicated to stocking large
quantities of the products you need. Working closely
with manufacturers we ensure that regional requirements
are met by tailoring our stock profile across the
country.
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News
Bites
A new roof-tile
underlay for slated and tiled pitched roofs has been
launched by Icopal. With an innovative two-ply construction,
Sartec Protect combines the strength and absorption
properties of non-woven spun bond polypropylene with
the excellent waterproofing qualities of low density
Polyethylene film.
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Plain
Speaking - A Perspective From Marley Roofing Products
The reality
is that today’s plain tiles are far from plain. After
all, every year millions are applied across the UK
as an attractive and versatile roof cladding, especially
on steeper pitched roofs. With new profile tiles entering
the market all the time it is easy to
overlook the established plain tile.
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Marley
Waterproofing and SIG - Total peace of mind has never
been easier
Many years of
experience within the roofing industry have taught
Marley Waterproofing and SIG Roofing Supplies Group
what is important to their customers. We know that
confidence in the products is a basic requirement.
We know that a thorough and proactive back up service
must be readily available.
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Welsh
Slate - Always In Fashion
The company
Welsh Slate* explains that project specific guarantees
are the users’ ultimate quality safeguard for natural
slate. It is testament to the acknowledged premier
quality of Welsh Slate that it continues to maintain
market share whilst rising above the price-driven,
lower end of the market.
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Product Focus Spring 2003
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Fitting
a Vapour Permeable Underlay - A Step by Step guide
The use of vapour
permeable underlays (VPUs) is quickly gaining acceptance
in all types of pitched roof. Originally introduced
for warm roofs – that is for buildings with a room-in-the-roof.
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Natural
Slate
Natural slate is durable, versatile
and beautiful. Natural slate can be an attractive
option financially and aesthetically, however it is
important to know how to identify the best slate available
to suit your requirements.
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