Roof
An overview of all insulation materials collected from roofs and tested within the Start 2 Reuse Insulation project. Of all cases studied, 52% came from flat roofs and 19% from pitched roofs or from insulation fixed to the underside of slightly sloping industrial roofs or sheds.
37-year-old PUR gets a new life
PUR from 1988 was dismantled and reused to insulate a flat roof.
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From a pitched roof to a facade.
Rock wool insulation dismantled by students gets a second life in a facade.
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Glass wool for a garden outbuilding
From a pitched roof to insulation in an outbuilding.
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Cellular glass (1966) - 5 cm - flat roof
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Cellular glass (1993) - 5 cm - flat roof
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Cellulose (2010) - 23 cm - pitched roof
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Cellulose (2015) - 21 cm - pitched roof
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EPS (1994) - 15 cm - flat roof
EPS insulation on the flat roof of a cold store.
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EPS (1994) - 30 cm - flat roof
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EPS (2001) - 10 cm - flat roof
Insulation boards from a distribution warehouse.
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EPS (2004) - 10 cm - flat roof
EPS insulation from the flat roof of an industrial hall.
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Glass wool (1993) - 12 cm - pitched roof
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PIR (2005) - 10 cm - flat roof
The insulation was dismantled from a non-residential building and stacked on pallets wrapped in stretch film.
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PIR (2008) - 5 cm - flat roof
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PIR (2008) - 8 cm - flat roof
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PIR (2009) - 4 cm - pitched roof
Dismantling of insulation boards under purlins, from livestock barns.
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PIR (2011) - 8 cm - flat roof
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PIR (2012) - 5 cm - flat roof
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PIR (2013) - 7 cm - flat roof
Dismantling of PIR insulation from a house
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PIR (2013) - 8 cm - pitched roof
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PIR (2015) - 8 cm - pitched roof
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PIR (2016) - 4 cm - flat roof
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PIR (2017) - 10 cm - pitched roof
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PUR (1975) - 7 cm - pitched roof
Insulation boards on top of purlins, with corrugated steel sheets on top.
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PUR (1988) - 7 cm - flat roof
Dismantling of a flat roof of industrial halls.
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PUR (1993) - 8 cm - flat roof
PUR insulation weighed down with a layer of gravel and tiles.
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PUR (2005) - 8 cm - Flat roof
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PUR (2006) - 4 cm - flat roof
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Rock wool (1995) - 12 cm - pitched roof
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Rock wool (1998) - 6 cm - flat roof
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Rock wool (2001) - 5 cm - flat roof
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Rock wool (2006) - 8 cm - flat roof
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Rock wool (2011) - 6 cm - flat roof
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XPS (1973) - 3 cm - flat roof
Flat roof insulation from a care home.
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XPS (1990) - 4 cm - roof
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XPS (1995) - 10 cm - flat roof
Insulation dismantled from the flat roof of a distribution centre for flowers and flower bulbs.
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XPS (1997) - 5 cm - flat roof
Insulation boards from an inverted roof.
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XPS (2000) - 4 cm - roof
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