Pro Installer July 2025 - Issue 148 | Page 26

All Ancillary Special
26 | JULY 2025

All Ancillary Special

Experts in Sealants, Adhesives & PU Foams

New ISO Chemie initiative opens the national window on energy efficient foam tapes

Advanced foam sealant tapes from ISO Chemie are featuring in a new Passivhaus initiative designed to showcase the energy saving benefits of modern window systems.
The company’ s ISO BLOCO foam sealant tape has been installed by Wealden Joinery around the frames of Gutmann windows currently featuring in a full-scale, two-storey sustainable Passivhaus mock house, which was centre stage at the recent NEC InstallerSHOW.
Following HAUS’ s premiere at the Birmingham event, it’ s relocating to London and then Cambridge as part of an education drive to highlight to local authorities, housebuilders and commercial developers the latest energy efficiency solutions such as foam sealant tapes, which can be used in sustainable development and modern methods of construction.
Up to 70 % cost savings can be achieved when using‘ fit and forget’ ISO BLOCO high performance foam tape, enabling installers to quickly and effectively seal windows from inside the building during the construction phase. This avoids the requirement to use time consuming and expensive external access systems, which together with associated health and safety issues, can contribute significantly to a project’ s overall costs.
Moreover, because the foam sealant can be applied in the wet and rain, the installation of windows can be undertaken regardless of external weather conditions, avoiding further time consuming and costly delays. This can add up to potential savings of hundreds of pounds per day, ISO-Chemie estimates.
ISO-BLOCO ONE provides a longer lasting seal for window and door joints up to 30mm wide and installation compliance to BS8313-4:2016. It is impermeable to driving rain at a minimum of 750 Pa- 66 % higher reliability than most conventional joint sealing tapes.
Once installed, the tape ensures structures are better protected from elemental factors like wind, dust and moisture ingress by accommodating the changes in structural movement caused by environmental, cyclical and settlement factors. Product complies with energy saving regulations( EnEV) on windows and doors as well as the RAL quality assurance association and can accommodate extremes of temperature changes, from-30 ° C to + 80 ° C.
Andy Swift, ISO Chemie’ s UK sales and operations manager, said:“ The HAUS provides a focal that showcases the quick-to-install, energy saving benefits of modern foam sealant tapes- and the important role they can play in reducing heat loss from buildings.
“ This initiative is part of our strategy to educate specifiers, housebuilders and the wider construction sector about energy efficient improvement solutions in the UK- up to 70 % cost savings can be achieved when using our tapes for high performance window sealing, rather than alternative traditional systems such as silicone sealants.”
www. iso-chemie. eu

MAKITA NAILS IT AGAIN

Makita has added a new 18V LXT Framing Nailer to its range of high-performance cordless tools. The new DBN900 offers significant advantages over pneumatic and gas nailers including improved ease of use and greater working flexibility.
The DBN900 18V LXT Framing Nailer, designed specifically for first fix framing applications, can be used in the same way as a pneumatic nailer but without the additional setup time, complication and restriction of a compressor and air lines. In addition, unlike gas nailers, the DBN900 has no additional consumables, reducing the cost and inconvenience of replacing the cartridges.
The latest addition to Makita’ s range of cordless nailers, the DBN900 is compatible with clipped head nails between 50 mm and 90 mm and nail gauges between 2.9 mm and 3.3 mm. Its magazine will accommodate up to 58 collated nails and incorporates
a quick and easy reloading mechanism. The inspection window makes it simple to check the number of nails remaining. It also features a variable drive depth, with the required adjustment made using the easy-to-use dial on the nose of the tool.
Furthermore, the DBN900 features two operation modes. In sequential actuation mode, it drives a nail each time the trigger is pressed, while the contact actuation mode allows continuous nailing, with a nail driven every time the tip is pressed to the material for as long as the trigger
is held. Using a Makita 6.0Ah LXT battery( BL1860B), it can drive up to 1000 nails on a full battery charge at a rate of up to two nails per second.
The DBN900 has been designed for both convenience and enhanced safety. The anti-slip nose of the tool makes working on angled materials easier and more accurate, while the LED job light with pre-glow and after-glow function improves visibility of the work surface. It features both a rafter hook and belt hook, allowing it to be hung on ladders, scaffolding and timbers
or clipped to the user, keeping it close at hand. The DBN900 also includes both an anti-dry-firing mechanism, which activates before the last nails in the magazine are driven to prevent missed nails, and an anti-restart function to prevent accidental activation. Kevin Brannigan, Marketing Manager at Makita UK said:“ Our new, long awaited DBN900 18V
LXT framing nailer is an excellent alternative to the conventional pneumatic or gas nailers and has been engineered to streamline framing tasks and similar first fix work. It is easy to use, even in restricted spaces and offers far greater flexibility when compared to traditional pneumatic tools.”
www. makitauk. com