Traditional construction methods rely on bricks and blocks or a traditional timber frame. The Kingspan TEK Building System is based on structural insulated panels (SIPs). These panels comprise 110mm of high performance rigid urethane insulation sandwiched between two sheets of Oriented Stand Board (OSB). The panels are 1.22m wide and up to 7.45m long and are very strong.
The panels are joined together using a unique sealed jointing system that minimises the amount of air that can pass through the joints, making your home very airtight. In addition, the design of the panel joints means a more continuous layer of insulation in your walls and roof. To illustrate this point, in a property constructed with traditional timber frame, you could typically expect 15% of the walls and 6% of the roof to be uninsulated. By comparison, in a property constructed using the Kingspan TEK Building System, as little as 4% of the walls and 1% of the roof will be uninsulated. The overall result is home that is very energy efficient, making it very cheap to run from the point of view of heating costs.
The Kingspan TEK Building System is also very quick to build. The panels can be erected and joined together very quickly and with the application of a breather membrane the System forms a weather tight shell, enabling you to start doing jobs such as plastering at the same time as tiling the roof.
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