Unlike traditional nails they rotate as they are driven in inducing a self tapping action and consequently do not split or bounce timbers.
Warm flat roof insulation fixings.
1 x insulation tube included with each screw.
Fixings to anchor down insulation for use on warm deck roof.
You can see on this photos that the tops of the warm roof insulation fixings have melted the frost.
Helical nails are a quick and reliable fixing for use in warm roof applications.
Ideal for 140mm and 150mm insulation.
Insulation fixings for use on warm deck.
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Fixing down the insulation with long metal screws and or screw nails is becoming a thing of the past.
Staifix products are available from builders merchants and other specialist distributors.
These twisted nails rotate as they are hammered in to corkscrew through insulating boards and secure them to rafters without compressing the layer of insulation.
This means that the insulation should be highly resistant to water absorption for example an extruded polystyrene based product which will not be affected by water or repeated freeze thaw cycles.
1 x insulation tube included with each screw.
New and old ways of fixing flat roof insulation.
As the warm roof market has progressed standard ways of construction are starting to develop.
Saint gobain insulation uk manufacture and supply glass mineral wool slabs and rolls along with rigid polyisocyanurate pir boards that can be considered suitable for a wide range of applications across flat roofs whether you re looking to insulate at joist level or above the roof deck in your flat roof construction.
Inverted roofs are a type of warm flat roof where the insulation is above the waterproofing layer.