Maintain a healthy green roof with regular maintenance
At IKO, we recommend two inspections per year to ensure all components are functioning correctly. Check out our helpful video on maintenance for homeowners like you. Intensive roofs need more attention than extensive ones. Neglecting maintenance can reduce your green roof’s aesthetic and environmental benefits. Don’t let your valuable asset deteriorate, keep up with maintenance […]
Do you need some help choosing a reliable service provider for your roofing needs?
Look no further than IKO. Our team of experts can offer a personalised program tailored to meet your specific requirements. Do you need some help choosing a reliable service provider for your roofing needs? Look no further than IKO. Our team of experts can offer a personalised program tailored to meet your specific requirements. Need […]
Looking to retrofit solar panels to your roof?
The integration of photovoltaic panels via retrofitting is a practical and tactical solution to provide renewable energy for building projects. This process involves the installation of a solar roof system that generates electricity and provides cost-effective benefits with minimal maintenance. However, during the installation of PVs, taking into account extra weight loading and wind uplift […]
Finding your way through solar funding
As the construction industry sector’s trusted roofing partner, IKO can play an integral role in obtaining the independent evidence you need to qualify for funding. Furthermore, we can provide assistance and technical support throughout the tendering process and beyond. Funding routes The DfE allocates funding annually to help maintain and improve the condition of school […]
IKO bio solar solutions – Department for Education (DfE)
The Department for Education (DfE) is introducing green roofs and solar panels in its new Net Carbon Zero schools program. Our PV mounting system, using the EGR SolarNature, is integrated into the green roof to ensure a sustainable green roof ecosystem underneath while ballasting against wind uplift. The waterproofing system is designed with either the […]
DPC cavity trays in cavity wall construction – don’t get caught out!
Did you know… …contractors and housebuilders run the risk of failing to obtain National House Building Council (NHBC) Warranty on properties or developments if they don’t conform to cavity tray requirements As of 1st January 2023, all plots starting or at Damp Proof Course (DPC) level are required to comply with NHBC Standards clause 6.1.17, […]
How to maintain roads and repair them?
Road repair is a detailed process and there are a number of different solutions available depending on the surface defect. IKO Permatrack systems are used to treat cracking and crazing, whilst surfacing issues around ironwork can be corrected using IKO Pacopatch systems. For areas that undergo high levels of stress from being in close proximity […]
What is the difference between warm and inverted roofs?
The difference between warm roof and an inverted roofs is in the positioning of the roofing components. An inverted roof is effective as an upside-down warm roof. The waterproofing layer in a warm roof system is above the insulation installed above the roof deck. In an inverted roof, the waterproofing is above the roof deck, […]
What is BS 6229:2018? Flat roofing standards explained
BS 6229:2018 describes best practise for designing, constructing, and maintaining roofs with a flat or curved surface. It is limited to roofs with a pitch no greater than 10 degrees to the horizontal and a continuously supported flexible waterproof covering. After four years of development, the latest version of BS 6229 came into force in […]
How to achieve sustainability when specifying single ply roofing
To achieve sustainability of a single ply roof covering, the specified material needs to tick so many boxes. The first question to ask is what the material is made of, and can it be recycled at the end of its life? Some projects have special planning requirements to meet a certain BREEAM or other sustainability […]
