Editor’s Choice
Passivhaus Certified Loft Ladder ColorCore ® Compact: Practical Beauty
with Fire Protection
ColorCore® Compact is the
latest range from surfacing
manufacturer Formica Group,
a self-supporting material that
provides a true alternative to
natural and engineered stone
and the next step in innovative
decorative surfaces
The Klimatec 160 is a high
performance solution for
passive and low carbon
buildings. Not only does it
offer superb thermal insulation
and an airtight seal, but it also
benefits from 30-minute fire
protection.
This innovative loft ladder
is the latest product in the
Premier Loft Ladders range
to be certified by the Passive
House Institute (PHI) for use
in passive buildings. It offers
very high thermal insulation,
achieving a U-value of just 0.34
W/m 2 K.
It also features a class 4
certified airtight seal. As such,
it is extremely effective at
keeping the warmth in the
building.
With the solid grace of a natural
material, but with the durability
you would expect from a solid
grade laminate, the colour
matched, waterproof core allows
design features to be engraved
into the surface, enabling
endless creative possibilities
that stand the test of time.
The Klimatec comes with
a 30-minute fire rating as
standard. Furthermore, the high
strength steel ladder features
large treads (360mm wide x
120mm deep) with a load rating
of 250kg per tread. Therefore,
the Klimatec is suitable for use
in a wide range of applications.
For more information visit
www.premierloftladders.co.uk/klimatec, email us at
[email protected] or call us on 0345 9000195
leaving a clean, visually
inspiring finish to your interior
design project.
There are three colour
palettes to complement and
transform any interior space:
natural whites, cool greys and
modern blacks – collections
designed to communicate flair,
sophistication and timeless
luxury. ColorCore® Compact presents
endless creative possibilities,
combining on-trend surface
designs with a colour-matched
core that provides colour all
the way through. ColorCore®
Compact instantly adds
practical elegance to any
project.
ColorCore® Compact’s solid
coloured core ensures a
consistent colour throughout, www.formica.com
[email protected]
Tel: +44 191 259 3512
Ancon’s technical seminars now available in
bite size webinars
Non-disruptive repairs helps to find a
new owner for Welsh period cottage
A Grade II listed, semi-
detached, period cottage in
South Wales was suffering
from a number of defects
including outward movement
of the gable end wall, internal
cracking along the ceiling lines
and cracking over the front
door entrance.
Helifix engineers designed
sympathetic non-disruptive
repairs, using their wide range
of available Repair Details, to
provide lateral restraint and
restore structural integrity to
the damaged masonry.
Deep masonry beams were
created across the full width of
the gable wall by bonding pairs
of stainless steel HeliBars into
slots cut above and below the
first and second floor joists.
These stabilised and reinforced
the masonry and addressed the
cracking over the front door.
SockFix stainless steel anchors
were then inserted into
Ancon has extended its
technical services offering with
the addition of webinars to
complement a highly successful
CPD-approved seminar
programme of over 30 years.
The first webinar available
in the series is entitled The
Correct Use of Wall Ties in
Brick-to-Block Construction.
clearance holes drilled into
both the Helibeams, through
the rubble-filled wall and the
first two parallel floor joists.
The concealed repairs were
completed quickly, securing
and restraining the gable
wall while causing minimal
disturbance to the property
fabric or to the neighbours.
This webinar provides viewers
with information on the
various types of cavity wall
restraints and their design
considerations including how
to limit heat/sound transfer.
The webinars are delivered
Tel. 020 8735 5200
email : [email protected]
Web. www.helifix.co.uk
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by Ancon technical staff who
have considerable technical
experience of applying seminar
content in practice and in
answering questions from both
specifiers and contractors.
The webinars are available
on demand from the
‘Resources’ section of the
Ancon website here:
www.ancon.co.uk/resources/
webinars
For more information, please
contact Ancon on
0114 275 5224 or email
[email protected]