BUILDING products manufacturer Glidevale Protect is supplying its construction and roofing membranes for a new timber frame housing development being constructed by InverTay Homes in Dundee.
The 114-home development is being built offsite using InverTay Homes’ timber frame arm Timber Engineering UK’s Ultrakit system.
Glidevale Protect revealed it played a key role in achieving the level of energy efficiency required with its Protect TF200 Thermo external membrane installed to the Ultrakit timber frames in the factory, helping to achieve a low U-value of 0.16 for the standard external wall. Glidevale Protect also supplied its heavy duty vapour impermeable underlay, Protect A1, to ensure a second line of defence for the roof structures.
The Ultrakit wall system is said to be designed to deliver ‘high performing, low carbon’ timber frame houses.
Caryn Gibson, business operations manager from Timber Engineering UK, said, “Ultrakit is one of the most efficient methods of delivering high quality, energy efficient housing at scale. Designed for rapid assembly and exceptional performance, Ultrakit accelerates the pace at which homes are built, whilst also reducing carbon emissions and delivering cost savings.
“Using the high quality wall membranes from Glidevale Protect allowed us to achieve the U-value targets set for this project and ensure that the homes we’re building are not only energy efficient but will also be protected from the risk of interstitial condensation.”
John Mellor, head of marketing at Glidevale Protect, added, “We’ve developed our product range to provide innovative, high performance solutions for both traditional and offsite construction projects alike. Working with Timber Engineering UK and adopting a fabric first approach, means that we’re able to maximise the thermal efficiency of these houses to create homes fit for the future.”
