Clearview National July 2018 - Issue 200 | Page 58

ROOFTECHNOLOGY
Grey Skyline a Welcome
Sight in Leicester
» » FREEFOAM BUILDING PRODUCTS IS
delighted to showcase Dark Grey Fascia at a
new Morris Homes site in Leicester. Situated
on the edge of the city, surrounded by beautiful
open fields and woodland, the Glebelands Park
development features a collection of detached
and semi-detached 3, 4 and 5-bedroom
properties designed to offer stylish homes that
blend in to the surrounding countryside.
Morris Homes selected Dark Grey fascia to
perfectly complement the grey window frames,
juliet balconies and garage doors to achieve a
coordinated, contemporary look. Phil Shaw,
Procurement Manager explained: “Glebelands
Park is one of our more ‘contemporary’ sites.
We’re often driven by planning guidelines
and pride ourselves on being able to offer
Local Authorities a ‘non-standard’ look that
will enhance the local area. One of the ways
we achieve this is by using colour instead of
white. It immediately raises the profile of a
house design and gives instant kerb appeal.”
Freefoam Building Products is the
colour specialist. Colour fascia, soffit and
guttering is manufactured using Freefoam’s
patented ColormaxTM technology - an
advanced master-batching process with a
blend of natural PVC and pigments that are
simultaneously co-extruded. Fascia and Soffit
are produced with built-in colourfastness,
colour variety, and reliable colour matching,
all with a ten year guarantee. Eight roofline
colours are all available straight from stock,
ranging from subtle Pale Gold and Sand to
more dramatic Black and Grey.
Richard Watson, Site Manager
explained:“With 100 homes planned for the
development we needed to be confident that
the roofline materials would be consistent
and available when needed. We don’t have
the facilities to store large quantities on site
so I order on a plot specific basis at the same
time as the roof trusses. Our local Freefoam
Supplier ensures that all grey fascia is available
and arranges delivery to site. The quality of the
product is excellent and the whole process is
working really well for us.”
Colour is rapidly becoming one of the major
design changes in both new housebuilding and
retrofit in the last five years, with house builders
increasingly using colour to bring style and
definition to developments. Freefoam Building
Products has established itself as an expert in
colour and put in place manufacturing and
ordering processes to both meet customer
expectation and deliver on demand.
www.freefoam.com
Another tick
in the box for
fabricators
and installers
» » THE LEKA WARM ROOF AND LEKA
Orangery Roof systems have received
Registered Detail approval from Local
Authority Building Standards Scotland
(LABSS). The announcement
means that LEKA Systems’
products are pre-approved
for use throughout the whole
of Great Britain, as a System
Approval from jhai led to fast
track Building Regulations
approval in England and
Wales.
Rhys Hoddinott, Director
of LEKA said: “We are delighted to achieve
LABSS approval on our products because we
know it adds further value to our offering.
This is great news for fabricators, installers
and homeowners in Scotland. It means LEKA
‘We are delighted to achieve
LABSS approval on our products
because we know it adds
further value to our offering’
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products are recognised as being compliant
with building standards in Scotland and can
be accepted for use without the need for any
further checks, other than local site conditions
if ap