Unlike traditional nails they rotate as they are driven in inducing a self tapping action and consequently do not split or bounce timbers.
Warm flat roof insulation fixings.
Fixings to anchor down insulation for use on warm deck roof.
Inverted roofs are a type of warm flat roof where the insulation is above the waterproofing layer.
These twisted nails rotate as they are hammered in to corkscrew through insulating boards and secure them to rafters without compressing the layer of insulation.
As the warm roof market has progressed standard ways of construction are starting to develop.
1 x insulation tube included with each screw.
Insulation fixings for use on warm deck.
Ideal for 140mm and 150mm insulation.
New and old ways of fixing flat roof insulation.
Saint gobain insulation uk manufacture and supply glass mineral wool slabs and rolls along with rigid polyisocyanurate pir boards that can be considered suitable for a wide range of applications across flat roofs whether you re looking to insulate at joist level or above the roof deck in your flat roof construction.
Fixing down the insulation with long metal screws and or screw nails is becoming a thing of the past.
Staifix products are available from builders merchants and other specialist distributors.
This means that the insulation should be highly resistant to water absorption for example an extruded polystyrene based product which will not be affected by water or repeated freeze thaw cycles.
Helical nails are a quick and reliable fixing for use in warm roof applications.
You can see on this photos that the tops of the warm roof insulation fixings have melted the frost.
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We have a range of screws nails and fixings available depending on the type of insulation you use we have helical fixings for securing timber counter battens to insulation in pitched roofs flat headed turbo fixings for securing plywood composite insulation boards on flat roofs global fasteners and telescopic tube fasteners to affix a range.