SA Affordable Housing November / December 2017 // Issue: 67 | Page 17

COVER STORY
CONCRETE ROOF TILE EQUIPMENT
USED WORLDWIDE SINCE 1985
THE ONLY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER IN THE
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE PRODUCING HIGH SPEED
CONCRETE TILE EXTRUSION PLANTS
The quality of finishes of LSF building is typically better than
conventional built structures.
EXTRUSION MACHINE S
CAPABLE OF MULTI-PROFILE
PRODUCTION
The development consists of 200
bedrooms comprising 25 pods of eight
bedrooms and two bathrooms that
each feed in to a common kitchen
area and socialising room.
The use of water and machinery is also reduced during the
construction process due to the nature of the materials
used, and a grey water system was installed for irrigation.
John Barnard, Southern African Light Steel Frame Building
Association (Sasfa) director, says that it is encouraging that
an increasing number of developers are recognising the
environmental benefits and long-term cost savings of LSFB.
“Sustainability with regard to buildings is essentially based
on three criteria: social acceptability, affordability and
energy efficiency. LSFB rates highly on all three of the
sustainability considerations,” he says.
Barnard adds that embodied energy of materials and
components used for LSFB is reported to constitute about
20% of the total energy consumption of a 200m² house
OVER 100 CONCRETE ROOF
TILE PLANTS INSTALLED
IN AFRICA
OVER 1000 DIFFERENT SPARE PARTS SUPPLIED
DIRECTLY FROM OUR STORES IN SOUTH AFRICA
SINCE 1985
Manufactured by
Jessop & Associates (Pty) Ltd
A recent photo of Tygerberg 3.
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