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FEBRUARY 06 - "REDI" TO ROLL IN BICESTER



A new development of private and social housing in the Cotswolds is using latest technology to achieve compliance with Building Regulations and preserve the aesthetics of the environment.

Lovell is building the 48 homes - Blenheim Gardens- in the village of Launton, some of which it will sell privately and a proportion of which are being built for Charter Community Housing as a replacement scheme for precast reinforced concrete properties. The traditionally built homes use local materials for the fabric, with a mix of clay and stone for the roofs.

Bicester Roofing, sub-contractor for Lovell on the project, is using Glidevale's new Fulmetal Rediroll universal dry fix ridge ventilation system on all the stone roofed homes, which account for almost a third of the development. A proprietary ridge ventilator was used on the clay tiled roofs.

Claimed to be truly universal, Glidevale Fulmetal Rediroll is a colour co-ordinated continuously ventilated aluminium roll system which includes a unique mechanical fixing for the ridge tiles. It is simply laid across the top course of tiles or slates underneath the ridge tiles to provide integral ventilation and resistance to rain penetration, avoiding potential damp and condensation issues in the roof void.

Its metal construction means it is rot proof and corrosion resistant, ensuring a longer lifespan against conventional fabric- or thin polymer-based systems. It eliminates the need for ridge fillers and unions, fits all tile profiles, and requires no special tools, meaning one product can be used for all appropriate jobs, and regardless of weather, increasing the roofers' productivity and profitability.

Matthew Cresswell, of Bicester Roofing, commented, "We thought we would try the Rediroll instead of alternative mechanical fix ridge ventilation systems on the stone houses. We have found it much easier to fit, and believe that it works better in helping ensure adequate roofspace ventilation once fitted. It is almost invisible once the ridge tiles are fixed over the Rediroll- to the extent we have had comments that we had not used any fixings for the ridge tiles!"

Glidevale is part of Building Product Design Group, which specialises in supplying ventilation and building products to the industry. Registered to BSEN ISO 9901, Glidevale invests in continuous research and development to bring innovative yet practical products to the marketplace in line with changing requirements.

Editors note: Lovell, which has offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Merseyside, Norwich, Nottingham, Reigate, Stockton-on-Tees and Tamworth, is Britain's leading provider of affordable housing. It is a member of Morgan Sindall plc, which operates through four specialist divisions of fit out, construction, infrastructure services and affordable housing.

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