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Heritage roofing - maintaining our iconic buildings
The UK is home to some of the most iconic buildings in the world, from stunning churches and cathedrals to historic stately homes. Each and every one of these remarkable feats of architecture requires regular maintenance to ensure they remain in the very best condition, allowing them to be enjoyed for generations.
Traditional Lime
Lime: it’s better for buildings – and for the environment
It is now fairly well known that cement is not good for old buildings and that lime mortar should be used. But why? What are the advantages and what are the disadvantages? In order to begin to answer those questions it is necessary to understand the nature of traditional building, the process by which buildings used to be built, and how it differs from modern construction, the process by which we build today.
Audio Visual
Audio visual equipment in church buildings
This guidance is issued by the Church Buildings Council under section 55(1)(d) of the Dioceses, Mission and Pastoral Measure 2007. As it is statutory guidance, it must be considered with great care. The standards of good practice set out in the guidance should not be departed from unless the departure is justified by reasons that are spelled out clearly, logically and convincingly.
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Exhibitors enthuse over the CRE experience
By 4pm on the first day of CRE 24 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, exhibitors Chris and Kim Dunphy had already had so many helpful and detailed conversations with visitors that they were “completely talked out”.
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You need to ensure that reasonable precautions are in place at your church to keep it safe for those who use it. To do this, you need to think about what might cause harm to people.
You will then need to decide if the precautions already in place are adequate. If they are not, you may need to identify further action to prevent any danger. When done formally, this is known as a risk assessment.
Lead Roofing
Lead is one of the oldest materials in the roofing industry and is still commonly used throughout the world today.
Lead roofing is a traditional roofing method which has been used in the industry for hundreds of years, and is therefore proven to be extremely reliable. Lead roofing, and sand-cast lead, in particular is ideal for old buildings such as churches or historical renovations, whereas milled lead roofing is a mass-produced alternative, used for precision and accuracy in homes and commercial buildings alike.
Lightning Protection
When lightning strikes are you protected against this act of God?
The issue of lightning protection in churches is one that has exercised this publication for many years. In this four-part series of spotlights on the issue we will be revisiting various aspects of the subject, beginning with an overview of current thinking.
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Burlington Flies The Flag For British Slate
One of the UK’s leading producers of natural slate roofing, Cumbria-based Burlington, is focusing its energy targeting architects, planners and developers by asking them to think ‘British’ when specifying slate for both new and refurbishment projects
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“We see our roll as being one of protecting the heritage and future of natural slate production here in the UK. As a result, we are campaigning vigorously for specifiers across all levels of the building and construction industry to continue to buy British,” states Burlington’s Sales & Marketing Director, Nick Williams.
Focusing its energies on promoting the virtues of what is a quintessentially British product quarried from the heart of the English Lake District for over 400 years, Burlington’s message is a clear one. As Nick adds: “If you’re looking to create a roofscape completely in unison with our heritage and which is proven to offer longevity whilst provide an exquisite finish to any home or building, new or refurbished, there is simply no alternative to British slate.”
Firing Burlington’s resolve is the impact that imported materials has had on the UK roofing market over recent years, and as a result the company is more defiant than ever to see British product win through.
With an eye on protecting the reputation and supply levels of high quality blue/grey roofing slate, and the other fending off competition from imports, Burlington is already increasing production and stock levels of its Kirby product.
Carrying the BSI Kitemark to standard EN12326, Burlington’s natural slate roofing is renowned for both its longevity and ability to create roofscapes of distinction. Revered by architects worldwide, Burlington’s slate is for those who know no compromise. Boasting a unique character and natural beauty, it can be supplied and laid using many different sizes and patterns to striking effect. Enhanced by the clean incisive lines and details, its fashioned regularity conveys the line and mass of the roof in a manner that is unmatched by other materials.
Burlington’s roofing slate is available in three distinct formats: random slates for a unique natural look, patterned slates for fixed lengths and widths to create a more uniformed appearance and sized slates that come in stated lengths and various widths. For roofs that are lower in pitch, especially those with hips and valleys, sized slates are ideal.
Alongside blue/grey Kirkby, Burlington also produces, Westmorland Green slate, which adorns many historic roofscapes not only here in the UK but overseas.
The technical properties of Burlington’s slate reign supreme in every way, being non-combustible, unaffected by freeze/thaw cycling, atmospheric pollution, acid rain and salt spray. Likewise, they will not rot or delaminate, do not encourage the growth of lichens or mosses and are compatible with all common building materials.
Quite simply, Burlington’s roofing slate stands as the only true roofing material and whatever the project, it speaks permanence, consideration and quality. What’s more, in terms of its environmental credentials, never before has roofing slate been so sympathetically extracted and produced
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