Thermal Calculus and Condensation Risk
Analysis
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Building Regulations insist that a property be sufficiently
insulated to ensure that it is both energy efficient and
thermally habitable. Tasks, which are achieved by the correct
selection of insulant of the correct thickness and situated
in the correct position within a roof waterproofing system.
EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited offer through its
Technical Services Department a free consultation service
that can undertake and provide thermal calculations and condensation
risk analysis, which upon examination can indicate the best
method, type and thickness of insulant to use. Further Details
available from the Technical Department of EDS Roofing Supplies
(Midlands) Limited
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EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited supply insulation
from all the leading manufactures including the product edsulation,
which is a fire retardant insulation panel manufactured with
a factory bonded high performance SBS or APP waterproofing
membrane bonded to its upper surface (this type of insulation
allows contractors to install roofing systems quicker, easier
and ensures that any sudden or expected rainfall cannot damage
any already installed insulation and roofing materials).
edsulation Cut-to-Falls insulation schemes individually designed to
provide a cost effective solution to removing standing water
from a roof deck are available in all insulant formats: -
polyurethane, mineral wool, polystyrene, extruded polystyrene
and cork. Further Details available from the Sales Department
of EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited
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Site Surveys
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EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited through its Site
Services Department can undertake free site inspections,
which includes where applicable the taking and analysis of
core samples from an existing structure. Reports in either
verbal or written format are provided to ensure that the
correct selection of waterproofing materials are used to
ensure that not only a property being refurbished is thermally
upgraded to comply with applicable Building Regulations but
also that the most appropriate type of waterproofing materials
are used to make the property resistant to the elements.
Further Details available from the Site Services Department
of EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited
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Specification Writing Service
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EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited provides though
its Sales Department following accumulation of advice from
both its Technical and Site Services Departments a free specification
writing service. Specifications as standard are produced
along NBS design to make for easy reading and allowing extracts
to be taken and included in other documents, because of its
flexibility EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited can if
required produce specifications to other designs if requested.
Specifications for EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited
waterproofing products are also available directly from The
Royal Institute of British Architects through its own National
Building Specification writing service. Further Details available
from the Technical Department of EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands)
Limited
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Site Monitoring
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EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited through its Site
Services Department can undertake free the monitoring of
the installation of waterproofing products. Reports in either
verbal or written format are provided to ensure that the
waterproofing materials used are installed correctly to both
the requirements of EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited
and relevant Codes of Practice. The Site Services Department
of EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited operates a continual
random monitoring of the workmanship of both Approved Contractors
and Approved Installers during the installation of roofing
products and following the installation of such products
to ensure that Approved Contractors and Approved Installers
maintain the necessary expected standards. Further Details
available from the Site Services Department of EDS Roofing
Supplies (Midlands) Limited
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Approved Contractors and Approved Installers
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EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited has registered a
number of Company’s and Individuals strategically located
across the United Kingdom who are classified as being either
an Approved Contractor in the case of a company or as a Approved
Installer in the respect to the actual installer of waterproof
membranes. In instances where an Insurance Backed Guarantee
is to be issued in respect to the installation of waterproof
membranes, this is only available through an Approved Contractor.
Who in turn ensures that an Approved Installer installs the
products selected, thus ensuring that not only is a property
protected from the elements with a high quality product,
but that they are correctly installed. Further Details available
from the Technical Department of EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands)
Limited
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Training
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EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited offer either in
house or on-site training in the application of the installation
of their products, and CPD presentations on a number of subjects,
including: - The History and Manufacture of Waterproof Membranes,
Building a Greener Environment and Single Ply vs Bitumen
Felt Membranes. Further Details available from the Technical
Department of EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited
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Product Guarantees
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EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited operates a product
guarantee scheme which comprises of four (4) different types
of guarantee. These being: -
Insurance Backed Guarantee
Product Guarantee
Product Warrantee
N.F.R.C CO-partnership Guarantee
Insurance Backed Guarantees
are available for numerous roofing products with guarantee
durations of up to 25 years available.
This type of guarantee is only available in instances where
the installation of roofing products has been entrusted
to an Approved Contractor of EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands)
Limited whose employees an Approved Installer(s) of EDS
Roofing
Supplies (Midlands) Limited. There are strategically located
Approved Contractors and Installers across the whole of
the United Kingdom, details of which are available upon request.
Product Guarantees in excess of that applicable under the
sale of goods act are available for all waterproof membranes
as supplied by EDS Roofing Supplies (Midlands) Limited
from numerous roofing companies located throughout the United
Kingdom. Guarantees are available for durations of up to
30 years when issued by Approved Contractors of EDS Roofing
Supplies (Midlands) Limited and up to 20 years in other instances.
Product
Warrantees are available for a selected range of roofing
products from numerous roofing companies located
throughout the United Kingdom. Warrantees are available
for durations of up to 20 years.
N.F.R.C CO-partnership Guarantees
are available for a selected range of waterproofing products
from all roofing companies
located throughout the United Kingdom who are trade members
of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors. Further
Details available from the Administration Department of
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