Largely manufactured from recycled glass (e.g. windscreens) and mineral base materials such as sand and without the use of binding agents. The ingredients are melted into molten glass, which is cooled and crushed into a fine powder. The powdered glass is poured into molds and heated (below the melting point) in a "sintering" process that causes the particles to adhere to one another. Next, a small amount of finely ground carbon-black is added and the material is heated in a "cellulation" process. Here, the carbon reacts with oxygen, creating carbon dioxide, which creates the insulating bubbles in the (material). CO2 accounts for more than 99% of the gas in the cellular spaces.
Cellulose insulation is a material made from recycled newspaper. The paper is shredded and inorganic salts, such as boric acid, are added for resistance to fire, mould, insects and vermin. The insulation is installed either blown or damp-sprayed depending on application.
Wood fibre
The success of wood fibre insulation derives from an attractive environmental profile combined with a whole bag of functions including rigid insulation, sheathing and sarking for timber frames, roofs and flooring as well as flexible insulation for studs and rafters.
Wood of course is renewable, it sequesters carbon during its growth and product production is relatively free from pollution. The insulation value of wood fibre boards is not as dimensionally efficient as some of the orthodox petro-chemical materials - but it's no slouch either - typically coming in with a 'k value' range of between 0.038-0.043 W/mK depending on format.
Hemp
Hemp fibres are produced from hemp straw of the hemp plant. Most hemp is imported, but an increasing amount of home-grown crop is becoming available. Hemp grows up to a height of nearly 4 metres within a period of 100-120 days. Because the plants shade the soil, no chemical protection or toxic additives are required for hemp cultivation. The product is composed of, usually, 85% hemp fibre with the ballance made up of polyester binding and 3-5% soda added for fire proofing.
Straw
Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry stalks of cereal plants, after the grain and chaff have been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such asbarley, oats, rice, rye and wheat.
NOVIA A1F Standard Building Paper 25m2 is a regular, reinforced kraft bitumen-bonded building product manufactured with wet strength kraft paper, used as a temporary protection or underlay on uninsulated cladding.
Meets the technical requirements of BS 1521 for waterproof building papers.
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NOVIA A1F Standard Building Paper 50m2 is a regular, reinforced kraft bitumen-bonded building product manufactured with wet strength kraft paper, used as a temporary protection or underlay on uninsulated cladding.
Meets the technical requirements of BS 1521 for waterproof building papers.
The ..
Novia FF1 is a low-emissivity foil faced, scrim-reinforced premium building paper used in a wide range of user-defined applications where rubber and plastic are unsuitable with diffusion moisture barrier capability.
FF1 is suitable in air leak and vapour control barrier applications (AVCL and VCL..
Improved R and U-values when installed facing a minimum cavity of 25mm
Wide range of applications where rubber and plastic are unsuitable
Traditional material for non-plastic and non-rubber VCL applications
Novia Polybit Building Paper is a standard, polythene coated, reinforced, bitumen-bonded, building paper laminate used within the construction industry for temporary protection, separation layers, bond breaks and as a moisture barrier.
Its clear polythene coated version of the standard BS 1521 cl..
Moisture barrier - Underlays on uninsulated cladding
Temporary protection - Separation layers
Bond breaks - Draught and damp exclusion barriers
Traditional, polythene coated, reinforced, bitumen-bonded, building paper laminate
Clear polythene coated version of the standard BS 1521 class A1F building paper