Kingspan Warm Roof Construction Details

It can be installed in a number of timber roof construction types and can be placed above between and below rafters and also within vertical stud walls to roof voids and between ceiling joists.

Kingspan warm roof construction details.

There are typically two different ways to insulate a roof a warm roof and a cold roof. In building construction roof pitch is a numerical measure of the steepness of a roof. 3 kingspan kooltherm. Warm roof spaces seventh issue september 2017.

Kingspan k7 pitched roof board is a rigid board insulation that is designed to be used for tiled or slated pitch warm and cold roof spaces. We also have insulation boards suitable for more specialist roof applications for example inverted roof insulation and balcony insulation. With a fibre free rigid thermoset phenolic core and a low emissivity foil outer face kingspan kooltherm k7 delivers superior thermal performance with easy to handle rigid boards. A warm roof building will make the entire structure of the building warm in an attempt to avoid any cold bridging.

The board can be used to form a warm unvented roof. Others would treat even steeper pitches as flat roofs. When building a flat roof it is vital that a degree of falls is built into the construction to ensure rainwater run off. The definition of a flat roof according to bs 6229 is having a pitch less than 10 o to the horizontal however some in the industry would consider up to 15 o as their definition of a flat roof.

It is suitable for flat roofs waterproofed with mechanically fixed single ply waterproofing and has a thermal conductivity of 0 022 w mk. We have a wide range of roof insulation products including flat roof insulation tapered insulation and pitched roof loft insulation.