3,000 SQUARE METRE ASBESTOS CEMENT ROOFING OVERCLAD IN DUDLEY
Coverclad Services was contracted to overclad an asbestos cement roof in Dudley at a large industrial unit. The unit was suffering from water ingress in several areas and the building lease was up for renewal, so a decision was made to overclad with a built-up system.
The existing asbestos cement roof spanned 3,000 square metres across four apexes and eight slopes, so our Coverlcad industrial roofing experts completed the works in two stages i.e. set-up all scaffolding and health and safety on the first two apexes, installed the built-up system, then moved everything to the second two apexes, and so on.
Photos of the asbestos cement roofing overclad in Dudley are below. If your require help with your industrial roofing or are in need of an emergency callout then please call 07976 726770. Alternatively you can send us a message.
Ground level view of the industrial unit showing the sheer scale of the asbestos cement roofing overclad in Dudley, being 4 apexes across 8 roof slopes.
View down across the 3,000 square metres of asbestos cement roofing before the overclad commenced.
Before view of one of the four roof apexes. Over time the rooflights had become opaque and were in need of cleaning to let more natural light into the building.
View along one of the three valley gutters to the existing asbestos cement roof before the overclad commenced.
Operations inside the warehouse continued during our roofing works. Internal safety netting was installed to certain areas where access was permitted, but in the areas where internal access was not possible, sacrificial netting was installed externally over the top of the asbestos cement roofing.
View of the sacrificial netting installed externally over the top of the asbestos cement roofing.
View of the scaffold loading platform to the gable end which provided materials access and egress to the roof.
Pre-galvanised metal grid system installed across the first two slopes and beginning to insulate and fix down the 0.7mm plastisol coated single skin metal roof sheets (in goosewing grey).
Our Coverclad industrial roofing installers working across one of the 8 roof slopes. In order to allow more natural light into the building, the original GRP rooflights were cleaned and used to form new internals as part of the built-up overclad system. Then new Class 3 GRP rooflights were installed to form the outer skin, creating an inner rooflight and outer rooflight with void in between.
View of a completed slope over-cladded with 0.7mm plastisol coated single skin metal roof sheets. About to start the opposite slope where sacrificial netting is attached over the apex hanging down the far side.
Working down the opposite slope. Youngman boards were used to distribute weight.
Close-up of an existing hot flu penetration with new rubber dektite and soaker flashing coming down from up under the ridge flashing. The asbestos roofing overclad in Dudley incorporated works made to a number of roof penetrations which had to be flashed around with dektites and soaker flashings.
Another example of a soaker flashing starting from up under the ridge flashing and cascading down the entire length of the roof slope to a hot flu situated near the eaves. The soaker flashing passed over one of the new Class 3 GRP rooflights (see how the rooflight was clearly fixed down with poppy red fixings).
Yet another example of a new soaker flashing taken down past a roof penetration from up under the ridge flashing.
Completed view of one of the over-cladded roof slopes, fully stitched down including poppy red fixings clearly identifying the Class 3 GRP rooflights.
Close-up eaves level view of the completed asbestos cement roofing overclad in Dudley.
Completed view along one of the three valley gutters, taken from the scaffold loading platform.
Completed view along another of the three valley gutters. Overall the asbestos cement roofing overclad in Dudley took 8 weeks to complete.