The Pitch

Richard Bishop, category manager for Roof at Wienerberger, discusses surface finishes and how they affect the performance of roof tiles

Richard Bishop, category manager for roof at Wienerberger, talks to RCI about considering vital wildlife habitats when constructing roofs

By John Mercer, technical manager at Sandtoft, a Wienerberger brand

John Mercer, technical manager, Sandtoft, looks back at the career of Martin Oldridge, formerly owner and chairman of Sandtoft Roof Tiles, who recently retired from the Tile and Brick Europe organisation

After six years of writing regularly for Roofing, Cladding and Insulation, with occasional articles dating over the past 20 years, John Mercer, technical manager at Wienerberger, gifts his final ‘The Pitch’ before his retirement

By John Mercer, technical manager at Sandtoft

For this month’s article, Sandtoft hands over to Richard Bishop, category marketing manager for Keymer – the 16th century roofing brand which is now part of the Wienerberger group – who addresses the topic of restoring and repairing heritage roofs within the public sector to ensure the historical DNA of properties can be effectively maintained

Sandtoft’s John Mercer shares some more of the many enquiries received via the Wienerberger Roofapedia website, together with the answers to these problems.

By John Mercer, technical manager, Sandtoft

By John Mercer, technical manager at Sandtoft, the roof brand of Wienerberger