Insulated Ground Floors
If you are a House Builder looking at 2021, then like most within our industry you are possibly thinking about what does 2021 have instore.
Although Housebuilders are seeing sales continuing at good levels and while building product manufacturers are relishing with strong manufacturing figures, we are still expecting the tough times to come.
2021 surely will bring challenges and difficulties but with good investments, companies with the right ethics and ideas will grow through the impending recession.
Most Surveyors and Buyers have now at some point come across some type of an Insulated Ground floor. Our Warmbeam Top Sheet will not only save you money but improve your installation time while adding internal comforts to your customer's new home.
Components
Working in partnership with Concrete precast manufacturers our Warmbeam Top sheets system works by combining our rigid eps modules, which are a manufactured lightweight closed cell expanded polystyrene, this is then laid between prestressed concrete T beams. These beams can be either a 150mm 175mm or a 225mm beam depth. Finishing the floor with our EPS Tops sheet, membrane, and screed topping. This makes our Warmbeam Top Sheet low in cost, easy to install, and with durable quality.
Benefits and Savings
- Cost-Effective: Our Warmbeam Top sheet is designed to save money due to the speed of installation, combined with reduced site waste and less excavation allocates for overall savings.
- Bespoke: Our EPS infills and top sheet have specifically manufactured grades to provide the most economical solution while upholding the highest levels of thermal values.
- Ease of Installation: Our system requires no specific skill or specialist tools.
- Installation time: At around 300 mtr2 per day as opposed to 180 mtr2 per day with a Beam & Block floor, your site program is kept on schedule.
- Sustainability: Warmbeam will last the lifetime of the building while upholding its Thermal values.
- Industry Compliant: S and B Warmbeam is BBA certified and has an A+ Green rating guide.
- Thermal conductivity as low as 0.031 w/MK
- Can be laid in all weather conditions.
- EPS is 100% recyclable
- Health and Safety: Lifting Polystyrene on-site as opposed to concrete blocks. What cost can be put on the Safety and wellbeing of your employees?
Final Verdict
Your customers deserve to have materials in their homes that are designed to be sustainable. From the production to the construction and through its living lifetime.
Expanded polystyrene is 98% air, this making it remarkably resource-efficient. EPS is 100% recyclable with an ultra-low carbon footprint.
Homes built with our EPS insulated Warmbeam have lower U/Values making your new homes more cost-effective while adding greater internal thermal comfort for your New Homeowners.
S and B eps are here to inspire your next Housing project, please feel free to contact our Sales and Technical teams for further information.
National Sales Manager
Southern area Sales Manager
Technical Director