IsoBoard SA is proud to be associated with EcoStandard South Africa. An organization whose vision is to be the trusted certification body to set environmental standards of excellence to measure and rate a product, manufacturer and or service provider within the building sector in South Africa. They intend to generate the demand and use of environmentally […]
IsoBoard is a rigid board bulk thermal insulator, available in various thicknesses and lengths to meet most requirements. IsoBoard believe in being conservative when making claims as to the performance of our products, and testing these claims regularly through reputable agencies, such as the Board of Agre’ment. IsoBoard can be used in the following installations.
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22 and counting… Twenty two years ago, IsoBoard started manufacturing our thermal insulation boards in South Africa. Within a couple of years, we provided our first boards to insulate a wine cellar, and from there, the word about the efficacy of IsoBoard in controlling temperature and protecting stored wines has spread. To date, more than
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Let us, for the moment, ignore the national imperatives which resulted in the amended National Building Regulations now requiring the installation of thermal insulation in most new buildings in South Africa – Compliance with South Africa’s commitments in terms of the Montreal, Kyoto and other protocols, the urgent need to reduce electricity consumption, as well
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If you are involved in the building sector in any way, be it as specifier, contractor, developer or new build customer, you will have been exposed by now to the regulatory requirement to ensure the roof of buildings provides a certain thermal protection to resist heat flows inwards in summer and outwards in winter. Given
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We try and answer a number of potential questions you may have regarding the installation of IsoBoard thermal insulation into your home / building. Questions: A) Inverted roof insulation Why would you use this method? What are the benefits? What is the uptake in SA? Are many people insulating this way? Is it also good
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The amended National Building Regulations 2011 require fairly stringent interventions towards improving building energy efficiency, including building envelope insulation of new buildings and dwellings. However, there is a massive stock of existing buildings which were designed and built without any particular focus on being energy efficient, in the days when our electricity was of the
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Ceiling insulation aids internal comfort and compliance The inclusion of thermal insulation in the roof system provides a heat transfer barrier to keep heat in or out as the season demands, and ultimately facilitates compliance with the National Building Regulations (NBR). The NBR, SANS 10400 XA Energy Efficiency in Building, require significant thermal resistance to
5 tips for installing IsoBoard Thermal Insulation as a ceiling IsoBoard can be installed directly below the existing ceiling as a retrofit: If you have a damaged ceiling, perhaps following water damage, or, if you just need to add insulation to improve the living experience in your home or business, you can fit IsoBoard directly
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