A new housing development in the heart of London has become the latest project to benefit from a range of waterproofing and green roof solutions from Alumasc.
Built by The Berkeley Group in the centre of Belgravia, the Ebury Square development offers a selection of one to four bedroom private residences.
Alumasc’s registered contractor Tilbury Contracts installed a total of 3,800m2 of Hydrotech monolithic membrane to the lightwell areas, podium roofs, individual balconies, wraparound terraces and penthouse balconies, which were all completed as inverted roof designs. A Hydrotech anti-root waterproofing system, inverted roof insulation, drainage boards, green roof substrates and sedum mats were also installed to the main roof areas.
The courtyard was waterproofed and insulated with a drainage board installed to provide support for the construction of deep planters, raised areas and stairways, creating landscaped gardens and protection for the car park below.
Alumasc says the project presented a major challenge in that Ebury Square is situated directly over a London Underground route. The concrete slab at ground level was mounted on large anti-vibration springs, and isolated from the surrounding construction to prevent damage to the building from the vibration of trains below. The resulting 50mm joint between the isolated and non-isolated structures required appropriate waterproofing to prevent water entry into the basement below.
Alumasc and Tilbury Contracts worked together and strapped the joint using FlexFlash UN, an uncured neoprene rubber, with the full Hydrotech 6125 system abutting the joint edge on both sides to ensure it was watertight whilst also keeping the two slabs isolated.
A brick upstand was built directly off the Hydrotech, and the full system was dressed from the previously waterproofed horizontal slab and up the face of the brickwork before being terminated with a cover flashing. This ensured successful waterproofing whilst not compromising the integrity of the specified system.
Richard Sawyer, construction and surveying manager with Tilbury Contracts, said:
“The roofing installation for the project was completed on time and to budget and has helped provide a sophisticated and desirable place for people to live in the heart of Belgravia.
“The use of Hydrotech and the Blackdown green roofing system from Alumasc complemented the build perfectly – Hydrotech is a very secure system which is easy to work with and suited the awkward detailing better than any alternative product would have. The green roof is not only visually pleasing but provides strong environmental credentials, whilst offering additional benefits such as noise insulation.”
Alumasc’s Hydrotech is a hot melt system which provides seamless waterproofing for a number of applications, such as high performance green roofs, podiums and highly detailed waterproofing or water feature schemes. It is manufactured using a minimum of 10% post-consumer recycled material, is BBA accredited and has European Technical Approval.
Blackdown green roofs from Alumasc are constructed from a range of components that replicate the natural growing environment for plants without requiring the same depth and weight of construction.
