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Drawing on the technology of pioneering Celotex FR4000 insulation boards,Celotex SL4000 is ideal for application under any soffit that divides heated and unheated areas. As well as offering superb thermal efficiency, the calcium silicate laminate provides impact resistance, additional fire performance and speed of installation.

Underneath the hardwearing laminate is a state of the art PIR foam. It is this that gives Celotex SL4000 its remarkable thermal efficiency of 0.022 W/mK. The integrated product achieves low U-values with minimum levels of thickness – providing reliable long term energy savings for buildings.

This thermal performance plays a key role in cutting heating costs and thereby the nation’s carbon emissions. With low Global Warming Potential and zero Ozone Depletion Potential, Celotex SL4000 has excellent qualities in sustainability. This has led to the insulation component attaining an ‘A’ rating when compared to the BRE Green Guide 2008 for its outstanding environmental pedigree.

SL4000 also excels in fire performance. The entire insulation product is rated to Class ‘O’ for fire safety. With the addition of a laminate of calcium silicate improving its fire resistance even further, it is an ideal choice for any area where optimum safety is required, such as underground car parks.

Available in a standard board size of 1,200mm x 2,400mm, SL4000 comes in a range of thicknesses from 50mm to 120mm, with an extra 6mm for calcium silicate. It offers uniform thermal and fire performance throughout the product for ease of specification. Unlike phenolic and fibre insulation it does not retain moisture, reducing the risk of damp and ensuring its performance in all conditions.

Non-corrosive and non-friable, SL4000 boards prove exceptionally workable. Extremely lightweight, when compared to other products, they are exceptionally easy to install. Mechanically fixed to the concrete soffit, they need no decoration once in place.

Celotex SL4000 is partnered by the unlaminated FR4000, for pitched roof, floor and wall applications and CG4000 for partial fill cavity walls. The innovative product range, the result of extensive development by Celotex’ technicians, has set a new standard within the PIR insulation sector.

Paul Evans, Product Manager for Celotex, commented, “we are especially proud of Celotex SL4000, representing a highly functional innovation in PIR technology. The introduction of SL4000 stands as further evidence of our continued investment in innovative PIR solutions and underlines our brand leading market position”.

Granting the user an ideal solution for exposed and semi-exposed applications, Celotex SL4000 offers leading thermal performance combined with fire and impact resistance all in one product. With the need to meet the standards of energy efficiency of the future, SL4000 grants specifiers a means of simply ensuring that concrete applications such as soffit floors are well insulated.

To find out more about all-new Celotex SL4000 or to order product samples visit www.celotex.co.uk/SL4000.

All new TC3000 insulation boards are designed for use with pour and roll, torch-on and mastic asphalt applications. Thanks to the product’s bitumen polypropylene fleece facers, it provides a perfect seal between bitumen products and insulation.

As a highly thermally efficient PIR product suitable for torch-on applications, it achieves low U-values with minimum thickness ranging from 50mm - 150mm. This offers great financial and time savings as it can reduce the need for the double installation of insulation, often required with thinner products.

Alongside its advantages in hot roofing applications, Celotex TC3000 has many other benefits associated with the rest of Celotex’ extensive insulation range. With low Global Warming Potential and zero Ozone Depletion Potential, it holds excellent sustainable credentials. This has led to it achieving an ‘A’ Rating when compared to the BRE Green Guide 2008 and makes it a perfect partner for new builds or renovations with green aims.

Responding to market demand, TC3000 does not have a sanded face like other bitumen ready boards. Many installers have told Celotex that these facers are both messy and ineffective, so the company designed the boards without them to meet its aim of providing the most user friendly products available.

Able to accept trafficking from contractors during installation, Celotex TC3000 proves exceptionally workable. Though strong and durable, it is lightweight, making for hassle free transport to rooftops, and can be cut on site with hand tools. Once in place, its thermal performance is extremely long lasting. The new product also holds excellent dimensional stability and is unaffected by temperature cycles.

Celotex TC3000 is non-corrosive, non-friable and will not degrade when used in conjunction with hot-applied systems. It is available in a standard board size of 1200mm x 600mm that holds uniform thermal performance throughout the product.

Paul Evans, Product Manager of Celotex, commented, "We are delighted to extend our flat roofing portfolio through the launch of Celotex TC3000. The introduction of TC3000 represents further evidence of our continued investment in innovative PIR solutions and underlines our brand leading market position."

The new addition to Celotex’ range of innovative PIR insulation emphasises the company’s mission to provide the construction market with materials that best meet its needs. With hot applied flat roof applications well established in the UK building sector, Celotex TC3000 grants specifiers and installers a thermally efficient, simple and cost effective method of insulating such rooftops.

To find out more about all-new Celotex TC3000 or to order product samples visit www.celotex.co.uk/TC3000.

Celotex' Richard Pemberton (CEO) thanked everyone for their attendance and spoke of the plans for 2010 and the relationships Celotex has successfully built. Guests enjoyed a chilly session in the Absolut IceBar, tasting cocktails and catching up with colleagues old and new. An occasion perhaps to repeat next year?

Celotex products are ideally suited to use in timber frame constructions for a number of reasons:

• They are suitable for a wide range of applications. From floors and walls to pitched and flat roofs.
• The high thermal performance of Celotex PIR insulation means that thinner solutions can be used to meet the requirements of Building Regulations.
• Celotex boards are moisture resistant, making them ideal in flood risk areas.
• With boards available from 12mm to 200mm thick, Celotex offers the broadest range of products from stock, enabling every requirement to be met.
• As self-supporting, rigid insulation boards, Celotex products can be accurately cut and pushed in to place between joists and rafters. In addition, using the Celotex Insulation Clip will help to ensure the Celotex board is installed quickly and easily without the need for nails, screws or battens.
• Celotex is approved for use in lining, sheathing and between the studs of timber frame walls to maximise thermal efficiency of the construction.

With high thermal efficiency; guaranteed speed and accuracy of build; and the meeting and exceeding of all building regulations - all combined with environmentally friendly credentials - the timber frame build method is an increasingly popular choice. And now, specifiers, designers and installers can confidently utilise the leading Celotex insulation solutions in their timber-framed projects.

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