Glidevale Protect’s Whole House Solution – everything under one roof

Glidevale Protect has launched its Whole House Solution – a new interactive web-based specification tool offering housebuilders and specifiers seamless navigation of its complete building envelope product collection, ranging from pitched roofing underlays and construction membranes to loft hatches and building ventilation.

The new resource, available at www.glidevaleprotect.com/wholehouse has been designed to make it easier than ever to see how Glidevale Protect’s extensive range of products can be effectively used on real-life homes.

Offering one of the widest offerings of roofing products on the market, Glidevale Protect’s portfolio covers pitched roofing underlays, high and low level roofing ventilation and roofing accessories. When installed correctly, these products work together to ensure adequate roof space ventilation in accordance with BS 5250, allowing the roof to breathe and minimising the risk of condensation.

Its roofing underlays are suitable for both cold and warm pitched roofs and can be used in conjunction with all types of roof covering. The range includes air and vapour impermeable (type HR), vapour permeable and airtight (type LR) and air and vapour permeable (type LR) underlays – all providing reliable protection against wind-driven rain and snow as a second line of defence.

Developed to work hand in hand with its underlays, Glidevale Protect’s high and low level roofing ventilation solutions are suitable for all types of roofs. The high level ventilation range features dry fix ridge and hip ventilation, as well as slate and tile vents with more than 450 tile profiles covering the majority of tile and slate pitched roofs, while eaves and abutment ventilation offer effective low level ventilation solutions.

Providing the benefits

Continuing its whole house solution for walls, floors and ceilings, Glidevale Protect has developed a range of products to provide the key benefits of airtightness, ventilation, condensation control and damp proofing. The collection encompasses building ventilation with products such as airbricks, ventilation for walls and windows, and underfloor ventilation; cavity trays; loft hatches; and construction membranes comprising external wall breather membranes, including fire rated options, as well as airtightness membrane and sealing tape solutions.

Glidevale Protect’s extensive range of cavity trays are ideally suited for use in brick, block or random stone external masonry walls. Highly robust with a universal design, they have a variety of features to ensure ease of installation and compliance with the relevant British Standards and Regulations.

Glidevale Protect’s construction membranes are suitable for various construction types including timber frame, SIPs, CLT, and steel frame construction. Its reflective, insulating external wall breather membranes are designed with strong aged thermal resistance enhance overall energy efficiency as well as managing the risk of interstitial condensation. Its airtightness solutions, which include air and vapour control layers (AVCLs), can enhance the thermal performance of walls, ceilings, and floors, particularly when used as part of a system with an external wall reflective membrane. The range also features a non-reflective air barrier with vapour control layer which is used across many Passivhaus projects in conjunction with sealing tapes to maintain strict levels of airtightness.

‘A holistic view’

Matt Neary, Product Manager at Glidevale Protect, says: “With the introduction of new building regulations and standards comes an increased focus on improving the energy efficiency of new homes through improved airtightness. Achieving the correct balance between energy efficiency, airtightness, ventilation and condensation control is a challenge, so it’s important to take a holistic view to understand how different elements, particularly hidden protectors, may interact with each other.

“Our varied product range offers complete choice – a true whole house solution. With reliable performance from ground to roof our Whole House Solution is intended to demonstrate we are at the heart of housebuilding, helping developers to help build tight and ventilate right, creating healthy homes that can future proof and go beyond meeting the regulations.”

To find out more, visit www.glidevaleprotect.com/wholehouse, call 0161 905 5700, or email [email protected]. Follow Glidevale Protect on LinkedIn.

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