How does this effect my flat roof repair and refurbishment?
The revision of the building regulations means that when a flat roof is being refurbished, there may need to be some work carried out on the insulation of that roof. The U-Value of roof insulation is a figure that represents how well it conducts heat, and the revised regulations have a target U-Value of 0.25 for existing buildings, and 0.20 for new builds. This means that if your flat roof insulation doesn’t match up to or exceed this U-Value figure, when your flat roof is repaired, work will need to be carried out in the insulation to make sure that it does comply. If there was no insulation, it will have to be added, and again should comply with the U-Value figure. There is obviously likely to be an extra cost implication here. If your roofing contractor however doesn’t take into account the likely cost of insulation work in the figure for your flat roof refurbishment quote, you are not only receiving an essentially inaccurately low quote, but there could be other implications: The r
