Thursday, 23 August 2012


We are hosting a one day seminar on the “Principals of Self build” on 22nd September. We spend the morning discussing how the building works with the good the bad and the ugly. This covers cost vs design, heating a building efficiently, physics of how a building works to arm the self-builder  with information on what go out into the market and buy and why.  In the afternoon we build a house on paper, look at the problems, where we lose money, what contractors you will work with and how to work with them. This will end with some neat ideas and some of the places our self-builders buy their products after weeks on the internet.
 
There is no cost to this and you will find some of the information invaluable for your project. Please Take a look at the testimonials we received after Junes Seminar in the link below.

Please let me know if you are interested for a confirmation on numbers. The link to the seminar is http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=cqlvwohab&oeidk=a07e6ajcm10d2a484fb

22nd September, Dalgety Bay, near Edinburgh please click on this link or reply by mail.

 

Friday, 29 June 2012

Southern Homebuilding & Renovating Show

Today the team from SIPs Industries is on their way down to Sandown Park in Surrey for the Southern Homebuilding & Renovating Show. The afternoon will be spend setting up the stand and getting everything ready for tomorrow. It will be another busy weekend and no doubt they'll all enjoy it very much.




Thursday, 28 June 2012

Pictures

Here are some pictures from one of our latest projects in Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire.




Wednesday, 27 June 2012

New Pictures

Here are a few more pictures from our project in Lochgilphead


Roof section

View inside

Wrapped in breathable membrane

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Southern HB&R Show

We will be exhibiting at the Southern HB&R Show in Sandown Park, Surrey this weekend (30th June / 1st July 2012).
Our stand is located at the end of the hall, close to The Brasserie, where seminiars are taking place the whole weekend. Please come and visit us on stand 379.



Monday, 25 June 2012

Fire Testing / Fire Safety

Structural insulated panel systems (SIPs) are being increasingly used in the UK. The market is driven by the ease and speed of construction and the energy efficiency of the system. Structural insulated panels are prefabricated lightweight building units, used as principal load bearing components in residential and light industrial construction. They are currently used for residential single or multi-occupancy buildings up to four storeys high.


Sustainable Buildings Division of Communities and Local Government commissioned BRE to carry out a project titled ‘The Performance in Fire of Structural Insulated Panel Systems’.


The following conclusions can be drawn from the four large-scale fire tests undertaken on building systems:
  • Structural insulated panel systems tested as part of this project are capable of achieving the requirements of the Building Regulations in relation to B2 internal fire spread (linings) and B3 internal fire spread (structure).
  • The mode of failure of the systems tested as part of this project was excessive deflection of the... 
Click here to read the whole report.


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