Latest news and updates
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New housing development completed Polarwall has notched
up an important milestone with the completion of another development of
newly-built homes for the social housing sector. The 14 units built in
Hartlepool were officially handed over to Housing Hartlepool, in April
2008. The units have all been built to a very high environmental standard and have achieved Code Level 3 under the Code for Sustainable Homes guide. Polarwall believes it will continue its success in the North East with further developments. Keep a close look for further updates. |
MP Iain Wright opening the newly completed Polarwall houses |
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Struggling to meet Part L? Airtightness tests have been carried out on a Polarwall constructed house by Energist UK Limited, experts in air and acoustic testing. Sarah Fenwick at Energist commented "the readings we obtained were outstanding, our company has never before seen results like this", Sarah continued " normally our best readings come from SIP built houses but the Polarwall construction has eclipsed even this" Chris Bowditch, who heads up L2P Testing, has also experienced the fantastic performance of the Polarwall product. L2P Testing have carried out tests on a residential development in Wiltshire. Chris commented on the findings explaining "the results obtained were at least 50% lower than the best of the all the other construction types we have tested" Chris added, " Polarwall is clearly a product that will provide a huge benefit to the developer and contractor when trying to make their way through the minefield of air testing compliance" |
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Stay in a Polarwall house Here's your chance to stay in a Polarwall constructed house. Located in the Scottish highlands, about 10 miles south of Inverness is Lochview Steading. These are 3 holiday houses boasting breathtaking views over the local countryside. Why not spend a long weekend or longer and experience a Polarwall house for real. |
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Read a frank and honest account of a self builder's experience using Polarwall Ray and Linda Thomas have submitted their own account of building with Polarwall. Their house, built in the beautiful Pembrokeshire countryside is fine example of how to build a luxury detached home. |
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Maximum soundproofing with Polarwall Recent pre-completion tests carried out on a Polarwall development has illustrated Polarwall's excellent acoustic rating. The wall tested comprised a 206mm concrete core surrounding by 50mm of XPS to either side. Plasterboard was mechanically fixed to the wall. The results were well in excess of the levels required by the current Building Regulations. RMP Acoustic Consultants who carried out the tests commented "the inherent mass of the concrete offers an ideal barrier to sound transmission" |
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Polarwall completes SmartLife project Completion of Polarwall on the 15 units at the Hereward Hall site in March, Cambridgeshire was achieved early in April. So far construction time scales are ahead of the schedule, and the Polarwall contractor is pleased with the progress. It was the first Polarwall contract for the Northamptonshire based contractor who also specialises in civil engineering. Commercial Director Michael Tite, commented "the contract has allowed us to tie in the groundworks package with the Polarwall construction, making programming the contract much easier. The simplicity of the product is clearly evident which allows our workforce to quickly grasp the appropriate build techniques". The SmartLife project is a joint initiative between the Building Research Establishment (BRE), Cambridgeshire County Council and SmartLife. A total of 106 new homes are being built with three different Modern Methods of Construction. Polarwall was chosen from a number of different concrete building systems to build 15 of the new homes. The remaining units are being shared with traditional block construction, steel and timber frame. |
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Concrete's green credentials There is often a huge misconception about concrete and it's impact on the environment. In fact concrete as a building material is about as green as you get. Polarwall is no exception in this case as it provides all the benefits of a concrete structure as well offering superb insulation to drive down energy consumption and emissions of carbon dioxide. |
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Swimming ahead Polarwall has started work with one of the UK's largest Pool contractors supplying it's product to great effect. So far in 2007, over 20 pools have been supplied across the UK.
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New innovative R-Wall Continuing the development of the product, Polarwall has trialed its new R-Wall. The R Wall allows the insulation to one face of the wall to be removed and replaced by a cement fibre finish or just bare concrete. The project involved a three sided garage that didn't require insulation to the internal face. Using the 251mm thick concrete core (the garage was retaining an earth bank), the walls were poured without problem. Polarwall see the application of the R-Wall in underground basement garages, or for the internal face of swimming pools. |
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