What's NEW - Part 1

[Shane Clarke] Kia ora whānau, welcome to another one of our webinars. This webinar is a little bit different. It's more specifically designed for our applicators and contractors, however if you're a specifier or designer, you're in for a bit of a sneak peek at what's coming up. Today's topic is What's New? I've been doing this for a couple of decades now and honestly our most common question is, "What's new?" So we're here today to tell you what's new. Stand by, hold on, and here we go. All right, so this is Part 1 of a three-part series. Each part we're going to show three new products, so over three sessions we'll be showing nine different new products. It's not CPD accredited, however there is a questionnaire that goes out in the link at the end of these. Feel free to jump in and enter. You're going into the draw to win a $100 fuel voucher, which is pretty timely with the environment out there at the moment. If you're keen enough and hang around for all three sessions and enter all three, you're going into the draw to win a $1,000 fuel voucher, so we hope that'll help out all our contractors and applicators out there. With me on the panel today I've got Matteo Cordioli. [Matteo Cordioli] Yes, something like that. [Shane Clarke] Something like that, is that close enough? Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. Matteo has been with us for two years in the position of Technical Manager. Welcome to New Zealand, mate. [Matteo Cordioli] Thank you, thank you. [Shane Clarke] You've been in the country for about 10 years, so you didn't land this morning. Well done. What were you doing before this? [Matteo Cordioli] I've been in the façade aluminium joinery industry for almost 15 years, and then when I joined Nuralite, I moved into waterproofing. [Shane Clarke] Excellent. Some of you may recall Rod Southwood, the author of Rod's Rants on a Monday. Welcome Rod. [Rod Southwood] Thanks mate, pleasure to be here. [Shane Clarke] How long have you been in New Zealand? [Rod Southwood] I've been in New Zealand 53 years. [Shane Clarke] And something happened a couple of weeks ago. [Rod Southwood] It did actually. When I arrived when I was seven, I became a permanent New Zealand resident and I've been the same ever since. A couple of weeks ago I thought I'd better get my New Zealand citizenship, so I went to the ceremony, sang some local Māori songs and all that stuff, and now I'm a Kiwi. [Shane Clarke] So to both of you, welcome to New Zealand. [Rod Southwood] Thanks mate. [Shane Clarke] Great to have you. Right, let's get into it. What's new? The first thing we're going to touch on is our new spray adhesive. Some of you may recall that very recently we were acquired by Tremco CPG Australia, which is part of the RPM family, so a much larger company than we've been before. Tremco and RPM are global manufacturers of specialised building products with lots of familiar names. One of the advantages of that is we're now much closer to the manufacturer, so we can get bespoke things made for us and things that really suit us. Before we jump into the first new product, it's important to outline why this is actually important to you as the audience. Why are you even here? We think these new products are going to bring new efficiencies and economy to the projects that you're doing. We want to make Nuralite projects more cost effective. We understand it's a cost-conscious environment out there at the moment, which is why we're trying to innovate and bring in new products to make our Nuralite applicators more competitive while still providing a robust system. So we'll jump into the spray adhesive now. [Matteo Cordioli] One of the first benefits is the initial fast tack, which is advantageous for parapet walls, upstands and detailing. [Shane Clarke] Right, so that means you can spray it and not have to wait as long before sticking it? [Matteo Cordioli] Absolutely. It holds up well and has a good initial grab. It also has an adjustable spray pattern, which is great for both detailing and field applications. It comes with a specific tip for the guns, which is a 9501 tip that we sell. [Shane Clarke] Does that reference the size? [Matteo Cordioli] It's the number that references the tip size, yes. We've also made sure that tip suits other guns, so you don't have to buy a specific gun just for the tip. This tip is formulated specifically for this product. [Shane Clarke] Do we sell the guns? [Matteo Cordioli] We sell the guns. We sell both long-wand and short-wand guns, and that tip will work with all of them. [Shane Clarke] That's a good idea, whoever had that. Who's taking the next benefit? [Rod Southwood] Low VOC. Obviously that's a good thing for the environment, the atmosphere and people around you. It also relates to odour and smell, so that's a good thing especially if you're working on buildings where people are around or inside. [Shane Clarke] I've noticed a lot of buildings now are getting shrink-wrapped before they get their roof put on, and you can work in some pretty tight and enclosed spaces. [Rod Southwood] Absolutely, and there are often a lot of other trades in those areas as well, so you've got to be conscious of people around you. Reducing volatile organic compounds is definitely a good thing. [Matteo Cordioli] It's also a portable system. As you can see, it has handles which makes it helpful. [Shane Clarke] Handles are helpful, yes. [Matteo Cordioli] Rather helpful. [Shane Clarke] Compared to some of the other options we looked at, with large cartons that were clumsy to move around, this style of canister makes it easy to transport to site. [Matteo Cordioli] When we looked at it and ran the numbers, the 200-kilo steel drum was probably the most economical. [Shane Clarke] Carrying it up was the problem. [Matteo Cordioli] Exactly. Carrying it around was a bit difficult. [Shane Clarke] So we are definitely thinking of you where we can. High heat resistance? [Matteo Cordioli] It does have high heat resistance for field applications. [Shane Clarke] Right. So it'll basically go from minus 30 to over 100 degrees Celsius? [Matteo Cordioli] Once it's in service, yes. Once it's installed and in service. It's important to note that even light grey materials, and we only promote light grey for single-ply systems anyway, can reach very high temperatures in this country. With reflected heat from glass and claddings, these products can get into the 90-degree Celsius range even in a light grey colour. [Shane Clarke] Excellent. As for coverage? [Matteo Cordioli] Coverage rates are a big deal. It's important to note that coverage rates are generally taken from a perfect laboratory scenario. That's fine if you have perfect conditions, but that's not always real life. You have to allow for humidity, wind, application technique, internal corners and external corners that should be pre-loaded with adhesive because you're changing the angle of the material. We've learned that the best allowance is one canister per roll of TPO. That will cover both the TPO and the substrate. It's about 92.7 square metres and we think that's a comfortable allowance. You might have a little left in the canister, and that's okay. [Shane Clarke] Safer that way. [Matteo Cordioli] Absolutely. One roll of TPO per canister of adhesive. [Shane Clarke] There are quite a few factors that affect spread rates though. Humidity, wind, temperature. [Matteo Cordioli] Distance of application as well. You really want to be 100 to 150 millimetres away with your wand. [Shane Clarke] Whether it's a Friday afternoon. [Matteo Cordioli] Absolutely. [Shane Clarke] Or a Monday morning. [Matteo Cordioli] Exactly. [Shane Clarke] I think this is probably the reason why we're here telling you what's new. It's cost effective. [Matteo Cordioli] It is. This is a 22-litre canister, slightly larger than some of the others, and it's very good value for money. [Shane Clarke] Again, if we can make projects more cost effective, make your projects more attractive to main contractors and make us more competitive in the market without any loss in performance, that's what we're aiming for. [Matteo Cordioli] Furthermore, the TPO adhesive is also available in a small aerosol can, which is handy for small areas. So you've got a 22-litre canister and an aerosol option. [Shane Clarke] Right. Our second product today is the Nuralite Fixing Bar. Matteo, you've been heavily involved in this one. [Matteo Cordioli] Yeah, pretty much. The Nuralite Fixing Bar is a mounting element used to fix roof guardrails or balustrades to waterproof membrane roofing systems. It has been specifically designed for warm roofs over metal deck. It can be used on a new roof or over an existing metal deck, and that's a major advantage. Here we have an example of an existing metal deck from a project we completed in Wellington. There was an existing standing seam roof with an existing guardrail system, and we were asked to overlay the roof with our system. [Shane Clarke] This building was a supermarket and the roof was reaching the end of its useful life. The owners were conscious of the energy cost of running the building, so a Nuralite warm roof overlay was selected. [Matteo Cordioli] Exactly. One of the key questions was how we could retain the existing guardrail system and reinstall it over a warm roof. That's why we developed this fixing bar. It is manufactured from marine-grade aluminium, four millimetres thick. It's laser-cut, folded and pre-drilled. There are end caps spot-welded at each end to allow the membrane to be dressed neatly over it. It's mechanically fixed over the waterproofing layer and insulation. We use our thermally broken pressure plate to reduce thermal bridging, and the existing guardrail system can then be reinstalled using EPDM or neoprene washers. [Shane Clarke] Again, making the overall build more cost effective. [Matteo Cordioli] Absolutely. [Shane Clarke] The final product we're covering today is the Nuralite Tapered Diverter. These are an extension of our warm roof and insulated membrane roof systems, designed around cost effectiveness and simplicity. We're looking here at a traditional Nuralite tapered roof. You can see the fall directing water towards the parapet and scupper locations. To help direct water, we've incorporated these tapered diverters. [Matteo Cordioli] We were always looking for ways to optimise a traditional hips-and-valleys warm roof design. The tapered diverters are made from high-density foam rather than PIR. They are heavier because they have approximately four times the density of PIR, with a compressive strength of around 800kPa. Their purpose is to help optimise the tapered design. Instead of requiring complex hips and valleys, you can direct water efficiently to the outlet using the diverter. [Shane Clarke] It creates a much more simplified taper design, reducing both waste and installation time. [Rod Southwood] That was really the key to this. So much waste ends up going to landfill. We've run a few designs and the savings achieved by using this type of technology are incredible. [Shane Clarke] It's worth noting that these diverters don't replace PIR insulation. They sit on top of the PIR insulation. The trade-off for the strength and density is that they don't provide the same thermal value, which is why they're classified as accessories rather than insulation. We then looked at a case study involving a simple sauna roof. Rather than cutting tapered boards extensively on site, the diverter system allowed water to be directed to the outlet using only a few specialised boards. [Matteo Cordioli] It removes a lot of cutting and waste and speeds up installation significantly. The benefits become even greater on larger projects. [Shane Clarke] We estimate it would save roughly six hours of labour on that particular job, simply by eliminating cutting and reducing waste. You're shipping less to site, throwing less away and spending less time cutting. The benefits are straightforward: faster drainage, simplified installation, fewer chances for errors and custom design flexibility. We can customise the shapes to suit almost any roof configuration, and because all of our tapered designs are completed in-house, we can model different options and determine which solution works best. [Matteo Cordioli] The diverters can be adhesively fixed or mechanically fixed. My recommendation would be adhesive fixing wherever possible. [Shane Clarke] Especially with TPO systems. [Matteo Cordioli] Correct. Otherwise the mechanical fixing can create a less attractive finished appearance. [Shane Clarke] All right, that was Part 1 of our three-part What's New series. We covered the TPO Spray Adhesive and how it can improve project economy. We covered the Nuralite Fixing Bar, which helps create more cost-effective guardrail and equipment mounting solutions. And we finished with the Nuralite Tapered Diverters, which can improve installation efficiency and reduce waste. Don't forget there's a link below where you can complete the survey and answer a few questions for your technical training. Again, this is not CPD accredited, however you can apply it towards your ongoing learning and development requirements. You'll go into the draw to win a $100 fuel voucher for each session you attend, and if you're brave enough to stick around for all three sessions, you'll also go into the draw for a $1,000 fuel voucher, which I'm pretty sure would come in handy. [Rod Southwood] That's just for the average tank. [Shane Clarke] Yeah, yeah, yeah. [Rod Southwood] If you've got an EV, you can come around and plug it in at ours. [Shane Clarke] I'll move for you. Exactly. So that was me. I'm Shane from Nuralite. Thank you Matteo. [Matteo Cordioli] Thank you. [Shane Clarke] Thank you Rod. [Rod Southwood] Thank you. [Shane Clarke] We'll see you on the next one. Take care out there.