Warm Roof Boards

With a warm roof moisture is isolated before it can reach the roof deck meaning condensation can t form and weaken the structure.

Warm roof boards.

With a warm roof the insulation is installed on top of the existing surface rather than in between the rafters. The thermal efficiency isn t as good as with warm roof. A warm roof uses solid pir insulation boards that sit above the roof deck topped by moisture tolerant boards. We also have insulation boards suitable for more specialist roof applications for example inverted roof insulation and balcony insulation.

Warm roof insulation ensures the entire roof structure is insulated meaning a warm deck roof is more energy efficient than a cold roof. A cold flat roof insulation requires more work taking off old boards and replacing them and the roof surface. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. This changes the dew point where warm and cold air streams merge and turn to liquid.

Follow the links below to learn about our roof insulation boards for each application or alternatively if you know the product you want then enter it in the search box below. Warm roofs offer a superior thermal performance and therefore come with a higher cost. A warm flat roof or a built up roof bur is one where all the insulation is above the joists deck making them part of the warm fabric of the building. Installing a warm roof can be extremely straight forward and simple to do.

The insulation is immediately below the waterproofing layer. The breakdown warm roof vs cold roof.