How to prepare your roof for winter
Learn how to prepare your roof for winter. Discover how roof paint, waterproofing coatings and instant roof repair products can help protect against rain and water damage.
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The Complete Guide to Waterproofing a Flat Roof
Learn how to waterproof a flat roof with professional paints and coatings. Advice for trade professionals and DIY users, plus product recommendations.
Roof Paint: Thorpe Park Tidal Wave Ride Case Study
This is part of our specification for Thorpe Park recently organised by Richard at Hollyer Projects. Roof Paint Requirements Due to the nature of the site, the roof paint needs to be able to withstand the effects of being under constant submersion by the chlorinated water from the Tidal Wave ride. The ride consists of…
Concrete Paving & Roof Tiles: To Paint, or Not to Paint?
Refurbishing the exteriors of a home can be a daunting task, both time consuming and expensive. So it’s crucial to get it right the first time by understanding what works best for you and your home. When it comes to concrete paving, we can help explain the options for you. There are a number of…
Introducing Asbestos Encapsulation
Asbestos has historically been used in many types of building products until its use was made illegal on 24th November 1999. Despite this, there are still an estimated 1.5 million non-domestic properties containing asbestos. Inhaled asbestos contributes to around 3,000 deaths a year from asbestos related diseases – this is set to rise to 10,000…
Recoating Metal Profile Roofing
Following an enquiry from Peter Green Builders, the contractors were asked to carry out repairs and painting at Highlands College in Jersey on metal profile roofing. A 15 year specification was produced based on Rust-Oleum Noxyde. This product was chosen as it is not only economical but also offers dry fall certification. More importantly for…
Classidur Tradition Case Study: St Faiths Church, Lee-On-The-Solent
At Promain one of the situations we regularly are contacted about are what is required when painting new life into traditional church buildings. In September 2015, our technical team was contacted by the churchwarden’s at St Faiths Church, Lee-On-The-Solent. This was in regards renovation of both the interior and exterior of their premises. Read below…
Go, Jotun, Go …
At the end of last week, Promain received an article from our Digital Agency, which they thought we might be interested in. The subject was: Jotun are Establishing Themselves in Kenya!! The irony being that the Promain web team had been working, behind the scenes, on adding a number of Jotun products to the Paints…
Decothane Ultra Sets New Standard for The Roofing Industry
Sika Liquid Plastics have recently announced the launch of a new product. Decothane Ultra will take liquid applied roof membranes into the next generation. This solution has an odour reduction rate of 80%, just five minutes after it has been applied. After one hour it would have reduced by 95%. These results have been proven…
Asbestos Encapsulation of Asbestolux Roof Panels
We recently received a telephone enquiry from a leading industrial paint spraying company requiring an asbestos encapsulation paint system. This was in connection with coating the underside of a corrugated fibrous cement roof panel. The roof panel had been constructed from a asbestos product named Asbestolux. There was not an Artex ceiling below the corrugated…