Flame Free Application

Mitigating Risk in Construction

Flameless Membranes

At Tamaris Roofing, we take our duty of care seriously. We are committed to ensuring the safest possible methods of roof installation for our employees, clients, and the industry.

Our advanced self-adhesive roofing felt technology is a testament to this commitment, offering a safer, more efficient, and reliable solution for all your roofing needs.

 

  • Increased Safety

    Our self-adhesive roofing felt eliminates the need for hot works, flames, and additional sealants, significantly reducing the risk of accidents during installation.

  • Ease of Application

    The self-adhesive properties make installation simpler and safer, allowing for a quicker and more straightforward application process.

  • Versatile and Flexible Solutions

    Available in single-layer or multi-layer systems to suit your specific roofing requirements. Suitable for a variety of roofing systems, including warm roof and insulated systems.

  • Secure and Durable

    The advanced technology ensures a strong and reliable bond, providing long-lasting protection for your roof.

qualities and characteristics

Self-adhesive roofing felt offers efficient, safe, and durable installations. Its flame-free application enhances safety by eliminating hot works and open flames.

The self-adhesive properties simplify and speed up the installation process without needing additional adhesives or sealants. Versatile for single-layer or multi-layer systems, it bonds strongly to substrates like metal, wood, and concrete using advanced technology.

Welded laps with visible bitumen beads ensure robust installations. This roofing felt withstands harsh weather, provides long-term durability, and minimises environmental impact by reducing the need for harmful chemicals. With a clean, professional finish available in various colours, it is ideal for residential, commercial, and industrial roofing, especially flat or low-slope roofs.

Enhancing safety, saving time, being cost-effective, and requiring low maintenance, it is a superior choice for modern roofing projects.

Flameless Membrane Example Installations:

Flameless Membranes

Adopting a Greener Ethos

The major harmful emissions from burning LPG are similar to those from other internal combustion engines: Carbon monoxide (CO) Hydrocarbons (HC) Nitrogen oxides (NOx).  1 kg of LPG produce 3 kg of CO 2 .

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Reducing Carbon Emissions

The buildings and construction sector stands as the foremost contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, representing an overwhelming 37% of the total global emissions. Given its significant contribution to climate change, addressing emissions within our projects is paramount to achieving sustainability goals and mitigating the impacts of global warming.

 

The built environment, with the construction sector playing a pivotal role, presently accounts for approximately 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions. Moreover, estimates suggest that the construction sector contributes up to 11% of global carbon emissions. This underscores the significant impact of construction activities on carbon footprints, highlighting the urgent need for sustainable practices and innovations within the industry to mitigate climate change.

Flameless Membranes

Mitigating Risk in Construction

Self-Adhesive Roofing Felt requires no flames during installation, enhancing safety and simplifying the application process. It is manufactured from a polyester base with an SBS (Styrene Butadiene Styrene) bitumen coating.

The release film protects the underside of the sheet and can be easily removed during installation, in compliance with BS 8217: 2005, ‘Code of Practice for Reinforced Bitumen Membranes for Roofing.

  • No need for hot works, flames, or additional sealants
  • Self-adhesive properties for safety and ease

Easy and Safe Application

The self-adhesive properties eliminate the need for gas torches, hot works, hot bitumen, and other messy sealants, making installations simpler and less time-consuming.

Single layer or multi-layer systems are ideal for roofing applications such as porches, garages, extensions, and dormer windows. They are also suitable for larger-scale projects due to their easy, no-fire installation.

Whether roller-applied, poured, or sprayed, the adhesives used to create warm roof insulated systems are flexible and feature high bond strengths. As a responsible and diligent roofing company, Tamaris Roofing is committed to ensuring the safest possible installation methods for our employees, clients, and the industry.

 

Adhesives

When a fully built-up system is utilised, primers, activators, torch-free membranes, and insulation adhesives can all be employed. Primers must be suitable for application in any season to ensure an adequate bond that resists wind uplift, with activators available to strengthen this bond.

Advanced self-adhesive technology is used in bitumen membranes for bonding to the substrate. The factory-applied adhesive is protected by a thin release film to prevent sticking inside the roll. During application, the installer uses the peel-back release film to unroll the membrane onto the surface.

The laps are welded using heat, and a visible bitumen bead from the welded laps indicates a secure and robust installation.

 

Net Zero Development

Lifetime emissions from the site should be net zero. Although these sites are generally considered to have a positive impact on emissions reduction because of the production of renewable electricity, there is still the need to ensure that lifetime emissions from the construction, operation and decommissioning of sites are minimised, by for example electrifying the construction and maintenance fleet or by offsetting embedded emissions from the production and construction of the site.

All ancillary buildings onsite should also aim to be net zero. Low carbon construction materials and practices should also minimise the carbon footprint of the development e.g. by local procurement and minimising transport of materials; also supporting the local economy and green growth and seeking to maximise social value benefits throughout the project lifetime in procurement, construction and operation processes. Solar developments should also contribute to the greening of the local economy through increasing green jobs, and green sector skills through upskilling their workforce for example, as these skills will be transferable for both large- and small-scale solar installations. This will also support the Essex Climate Action Commission recommendation to “make Essex a centre of innovation for emerging renewable technologies (e.g. small scale nuclear, & manufacturing of renewables products such as solar tiles)”.

For the full article visit The Essex Design Guide.  Also visit Essex Climate Commission to learn more.