Glidevale Protect Barriair AVCL - Vapour Control Layer
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1500 mm wide
1500 mm wide
Air barrier and vapour control layer, with integrated lap and sealing tape.
Application
Suitable for timber frame, pre-cast concrete and traditional brick and block construction. Can be used on walls and ceilings to significantly reduce air leakage in any construction.
Suitable for Passivhaus projects.
Description
Protect BarriAir with integrated lap and sealing tapes is a high performance and multi-purpose coated non-woven membrane which forms a highly effective air leakage barrier with vapour control qualities.
Features and benefits:
- Suitable for timber frame, pre-cast concrete and traditional brick and block construction.
- Provides an airtight system when installed with sealed laps.
- Dramatically reduces heat loss through the building fabric.
- Improves the thermal performance of all insulants by reducing convection flows.
- Tough, durable with high tear resistance.
- Provides support to mineral wool and rock fibre when fixed to timber frame studs or rafters.
- Helps to avoid interstitial condensation risk within insulation in accordance with BS 5250.
- Separate Protect sealing tapes also available.
- Suitable for Passivhaus projects.
- Easy to cut and lightweight to handle in 1.5 x 50 m rolls.
- 3 m wide option, without integrated tape, suitable for factory fitting.
General information
Color | Yellow Guidance for specification option: Yellow with printed black grid and black branding |
Finish | Smooth |
Material | Polypropylene Guidance for specification option: Coated non-woven membrane twin ply construction. |
Shape | Rectangle Guidance for specification option: Supplied in roll form. |
Length | 50000 mm |
Width | 1500 mm 3000 mm |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | K10/155 Wall lining system (metal studs) P10/60 Air and vapour control layer H11/785 Air and vapour control layer P10/310 Air and vapour control layer |
Product range |
Specification data - Plastics sheets
Material | Non-woven polypropylene.Guidance for specification option: Of twin ply construction. |
Purpose | Vapour control layer. |
Standard | To BS 5250, BS EN 1931, BS EN 13984; BS 9250. |
Performance characteristics | |
Tensile strength (minimum) | MD: 193 N/50mm; CD: 184 N/50 mm.Guidance for specification option: To EN 12311 with mods. |
Tear resistance | MD: 197 N; CD: 208 N.Guidance for specification option: To EN 12310-1 with mods. |
Water vapour resistance (minimum) | ≥40 MNs/g / ≥8 Sd(m).Guidance for specification option: To EN 1931. |
Physical properties | |
Colour | Yellow. |
Weight (minimum) | 100 gsm.Guidance for specification option: 8.5 kg per roll. |
Dimensions | |
Thickness (minimum) | 0.5 mm. |
Width (minimum) | 1500 mm.Guidance for specification option: 75 m² per roll. Manufacturer guidance50 m long as standard. |
Roll length (minimum) | 50 m. |
Integral accessories | Integrated tape. |
Air permeability | 0.0 L/m²/s. Guidance for specification option: At 200 Pa. |
Accessories | None. Protect Reinforced Universal Tape. |
Sustainability data
Contains Red List materials | No |
Country of product manufacture | United Kingdom |
Material | Polypropylene Guidance for specification option: Coated non-woven membrane twin ply construction. |
BIM objects
| Platform | Compatible | Version |
|---|---|---|
 Revit | - | 1 |
Literature
Glidevale Protect BarriAir
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