Warm Tapered Insulation Design – falls and drainage The publication of the updated BS 6229 in 2018 has been the cause of some significant controversy with regards to falls and drainage. As a code of practice BS 6229:2018 contains only recommendations and guidance, and...

Reducing Fire Risk When Installing Flat Roofs Fire is probably the most discussed and debated topic within the construction industry post the Grenfell Tragedy, and whilst the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has amended the Building...

Threshold Heights Here at QI HQ we spend a lot of time talking to roofing contractors, main contractors and specifiers about threshold heights; sometimes at design stage and others at construction stage, with the latter generally being due to there being a problem...

Does all Inverted Roof Insulation achieve the same U-value at a given thickness? In the past this may well have been the case. There were fewer manufacturers, using similar blowing agents and much less challenging U-value targets. However, environmental pressures led...

The Myths About Non-combustible Insulation in Flat Roofs In late 2018 the Ministry of Housing, Committees & Local Government (MHCLG) made significant changes to the legal requirements within the Building Regulations 2010 in England. The Scottish Government soon...

Crucial consideration in calculating U-values in inverted roofs Over the years many new XPS and EPS manufacturers have joined the externally insulated Inverted roofing market, giving designers and architects access to significant innovation and choice. The inverted...