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Should be durable and easy to maintain. Access to HVAC outdoor units which are usually placed on the roof surface must be possible without maintenance crews damaging the waterproofing layer.
Usually, nonwalkable flat roofs are weighted down with a layer of gravel, which also additionally protects the below layers from exposure to sun and extreme temperature fluctuations. If this type of roof is thermally insulated with hard boards made of closed-cell extruded polystyrene material, maintenance workers can freely access any point on the roof surface without danger of damaging the waterproofing or thermal insulation layers.
Hint: the durability of a gravelled flat roof can be extended if we protect the vertical waterproofing from the effects of UV radiation and temperature swings by covering it with thermal insulation.
Non-walkable flat roof with OPTIMO system
OPTIMO roofs are optimally layered flat roofs where the desired slope is achieved with FIBRANxps inclination thermal insulation boards instead of the heavy inclination concrete.
In designing flat roofs – mostly in roofs, terraces and balconies renovation – we are often faced with two key challenges: with the structure’s excessive load and the insufficient height which limits our choice of energy efficiency measures. Both challenges are usually connected with the inclination layer, as traditionally, the desired slopes were executed with the heavy inclination concrete.
To reduce the flat roof’s load, the OPTIMO flat roof system substitutes the heavy and thick inclination concrete with FIBRANxps INCLINE – lighter and leaner inclination thermal insulation boards which, additionally, improve the assembly’s thermal resistance.
The OPTIMO system:
