Maize-ing - Sticking Windows In With Sugarcane And Maize

The new ISO Connect Blue Line bio-based foils from ISO Chemie and T-Max to accommodate differential movement.
The new ISO Connect Blue Line bio-based foils from ISO Chemie and T-Max to accommodate differential movement.

A new range of bio-based self-adhesive window sealing foils is manufactured from renewable materials, including polymers based on sugar beet, sugarcane, corn, maize and other similar plant species.

The range is branded ISO Connect Blue Line and comes from fenestration foam tape specialist ISO Chemie. Sugar beet, sugarcane, corn, maize absorb large amounts of CO2 during growth. The bio-products provide performance qualities similar to foils manufactured from synthetic materials.

 

Inside Blue Line

The Inside Blue Line option provides rapid and effective airtight bonding of window connection joints on the interior side of a building structure, creating a vapour diffusion barrier that prevents condensation and mould build-up around the window frame area.

 

Outside Blue Line

Suitable for exterior sealing of connection joints on windows, doors and panels, Outside Blue Line acts as a flexible and durable vapour diffusing foil to improve the release of moisture to the atmosphere.

 

Standards

The foils comply with European environmental regulations (EnEV), RAL installation guidelines and are resistant to driving rain, impermeable to water, airtight and windproof. An elastic-type quality ensures joint movements can be effectively accommodated post installation, while enhanced flexibility and tear-resistant features allow the foils to be applied easily and accurately on angled constructions.

The product comes with a 10-year guarantee. It can be over plastered, painted and glued during and post installation thanks to a fleece effect surface. It comes in 30m rolls in a selection of width options - 70mm, 90mm, 145mm, 180mm, 235mm and 290 mm.

 

Improved compensation of differential movement in timber frame structures

ISO Chemie has also recently introduced Bloco T-Max designed for multi-storey timber frame structures that can experience a large amount of differential movement between the internal timber wall and roofs and the external brick or block work.

Engineered to provide 39 mm of movement and ensure the joint remains weather tight to a minimum of 450 Pa, equivalent to Storm Force 10 on the Beaufort scale, the tape is the best in class for movement accommodation.

 

Also for windows

It also offers a highly effective ‘fit and forget’ perimeter weather and air tightness seal for windows, particularly at heads, cills and under the roof eaves, while remaining permeable to trapped water and water vapour – in the same way a breathable style material works on a building facade.

Quick-to-apply, self-adhesive T-Max can also be used to seal larger joints ranging in width from 11mm to 50mm providing excellent thermal and acoustic insulation properties. It can accommodate a temperature range of -30° to +90° and is impermeable to driving rain with a minimum of 450 Pa, making it one of the best performing tapes in its class.

Picture: The new ISO Connect Blue Line bio-based foils from ISO Chemie and T-Max to accommodate differential movement.

www.iso-chemie.eu/en-GB

Article written by Cathryn Ellis
23rd July 2020

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