Firestone’s RubberGard EPDM waterproofing membrane has been used to protect the roof of a new hospitality area at Chester Racecourse.
The 150m² roof has been constructed with a slight sloping surface to enable drainage via two outlets at one end. Firestone Authorised Contractor Furber Roofing installed the RubberGard EPDM membrane on the roof’s surface and up the parapet wall around its perimeter, terminating the membrane on the external surface of the wall.
All joins on the fully adhered membrane were sealed using Firestone’s QuickSeam Splice Tape system, which provides consistent adhesive thickness and excellent long-term performance.
The roof features 20 steel stanchions mounted on small pedestals with cross-shaped supports to hold the wooden balcony structure in place.
To seal the joins in these locations, Furber Roofing used Firestone’s EPDM Pourable sealer, a two-component polyurethane sealer designed to create a watertight seal around small penetrations and details with unusual shapes, which fully encapsulates each stanchion in the watertight membrane while providing a flexible finish.
