The PVC Single Ply System
The FLAG (Polyvinyl Chloride) PVC membranes offer a wide variety of applications for use on any substrates especially those with marked structural movements ie metal parts or pre-fabricated concrete slabs. This system has also been in the market place for decades, and is widely used in industrial and domestic instances. The reason being is that there is no requirement for the boiling pot or torches as with the roll and pour and torch on systems, the whole system is a NO NAKED FLAME APPLICATION.
Flagon PVC
A range of PVC-based membranes that feature:
• Insensitivity to hot-cold cycles and flexibility at low temperatures
• High resistance to weather and UV light
• High mechanical resistance
• Choice of surface colours from the RAL range
• Resistance to puncturing and adaptability to structural movement
• Self-extinguishing when subject to fire
• Welding by hot air providing a100% homogeneous seam Applications The range of Flagon
PVC roofing membranes ensures an appropriate product for any of the following type of roofs
ballasted systems for pedestrian and vehicular traffic or with a roof garden; mechanically fixed roof
systems including where used with thermal insulation; fully adhered systems on thermal insulation and
reinforced concrete and with renovation and exposed bituminous coating and on exposed vertical surfaces Manufacture is by a variety of processes including coextrusion and caste spreading. All caste spread membrane types include a glass or polyester mesh reinforcement with optional fleece backing.
Durability Life expectancy is in excess of 30 years.
PVC facts
· PVC (short for polyvinyl chloride) is a cost-effective, low maintenance, lightweight, strong, versatile and fully recyclable material that is adaptable to many applications.
· Its light weight, low maintenance thermal properties deliver major benefits in construction. Its properties encourage the wide use of PVC in irrigation and roofing with benefits to users in the Third world. PVC is also ideal for many medical applications. Whilst PVC is widely used in short-life applications (such as packaging), 90% of PVC applications are designed for medium or long-term use. It is one of the most versatile materials to have been invented with thousands of uses that cannot be economically or practically replaced with other materials.
· PVC products are widely used in building and construction such as windows, doors and related profiles; pipes and ducting; flooring; roofing and cladding; electrical cables and wiring; and building membranes. When used in building products such as window frames PVC requires little maintenance and offers excellent insulation offering excellent cost savings during the lifetime of the product.
· During initial production and also conversion into finished products PVC is comparatively low in energy and materials consumption. The material is also difficult to ignite and will not sustain flammability when the combustion source is removed.
· PVC is 100% recyclable and may be recycled 10 times and more without significant loss of integrity and structure. Theoretically therefore, assuming a 35 year installation life for PVC windows which are then removed and recycled, the PVC from which the original windows were manufactured would have a useful life of 350 years!
· 57% of the basic PVC molecule is derived from salt, an element in plentiful supply with an estimated 50 quadrillion (one thousand million million) tonnes of dissolved salt in the world's seas alone, with the remainder from oil.
· PVC is inert, a quality that makes it ideal for use in medical products and environments; and the modern production process for PVC is also environmentally friendly: an average European PVC production plant would need to be operating for 30,000 years to produce the same amount of dioxins as on one bonfire night!
The PVC industry as a whole has made a voluntary commitment to recycling; in Europe this means a commitment to recycle 100% of collectable waste by 2010. In 2007, 149,500 tonnes of post-consumer PVC were recycled through Vinyl 2010 projects, an 80% increase on 2006 levels when 83,000 tonnes were recycle
Should you require a PVC system a full in depth survey can be carried out, on completion a detailed specification detailing the type of materials to be used and our recommendations along with the guarantee periods available will be submitted, a full quotation will be attached to the specification for your approval, with all PVC systems there are options available from all the main manufactures which carry a full 10 year insurance backed guarantee.
The PVC Systems can also be specified for : Warm, Cold, Inverted, Ballast, Balconies with walkway tiles, Green Roofs.
Our Technical staff are on hand to assist clients with technical assistance on all matters concerning our range of flat roofing services, whether it be problem solving, specifications or general enquiries.
We offer a full nationwide service for all our clients.
FIRST CLASS ROOFING SYSTEMS UK are also in the unique position to have our own in house Cad design / Technical department, this enables us to supply detailed drawings for all your requirements.
We are approved installers for many roofing manufactures, in all instances the products supplied and installed by our company will carry a full manufacturers, guarantee and will be installed by approved and fully trained operatives only.
