Setting you up for summer success: avoiding common pitfalls

While summer may present ideal conditions to be outside undertaking roofing work, it also presents challenges that can impact project timelines and outcomes.

In this month's newsletter, we will explore key strategies to help you navigate the summer season smoothly, ensuring that your roofing projects proceed without a hitch. From managing high temperatures and humidity to choosing the right flat roof provider for your projects, we will cover essential tips to keep your build on track.

Summer brings with it great weather for roofing, but also high temperatures and fluctuating humidity. Therefore, an awareness of how to summer-proof your projects is key to ensuring systems are installed correctly, and products work effectively.

Click here to read our guide, Roofing In Summer – Best Practice, which covers:

➡️ How temperature and humidity affect polyurethane liquids

➡️ The importance of technical datasheets

➡️ Correct techniques for installing Reinforced Bitumen Membranes (RBM) roofing during warm weather

➡️ Plus the use of liquid-applied membranes and adhesives

Whether you are a seasoned professional or new to the roofing industry, this article will equip you with best practices for application and storage in the months ahead.

Choosing a provider for your flat roofing project – whether you are looking to install a brand-new roof, replace an existing roof, or are simply planning some repairs – involves more than simply looking at the cost of their products and services.

System reliability, service quality, sustainability practices, levels of customer support, guarantees, and access to accredited installers are all key factors to consider.

Making the wrong choice can leave you vulnerable to the risks of poor-quality materials and workmanship.

Click here for our article explaining five crucial aspects to consider when selecting a design and product provider for your roofing project.

How could we discuss summer roofing projects without mentioning solar power? A flat roof is ideally suited to generate electrical energy via a photovoltaic (PV) array. While solar power can be generated in cloudy conditions, outcomes are, of course, higher during sunnier spells and in sunnier areas.

Through the installation of an Axter solar system, a flat roof can be converted into an electricity generator, producing clean, efficient electrical energy to power a building or feed back into the national grid.

We have three solar systems:

• Biosolar living roof, which provides a symbiotic approach to sustainable urban development.
• High-efficiency traditional crystalline PV panels.
• Solar PV Flex – a unique and lightweight combination of CIGS solar panels and bitumen waterproofing – which can add solar power to virtually any structure.

Contact Luke Rootham AIoR , our Solar PV & Green Roof Product Manager, to discuss how solar can transform your roof and lower your energy bills.

Our approach is driven by a passion for technical detail and design. Axter offers a comprehensive service package and a system portfolio renowned for its quality; our customers also benefit from access to our accredited installers network.

Once you look into the suite of products and services offered by Axter, it becomes evident that we deliver on quality of materials, design, survey and specification expertise, superior customer service, and workmanship. Plus, we ensure peace of mind with our quality assurance commitment and guarantees offer.

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If you’d like to discuss how we can help you with your next roofing project, we’d love to hear from you, so please do get in touch.