method/system to insulate and finish new construction flat concrete roof in sicily

08/09/2009 - 19:43

Hello ,hope someone can help,we have a newly constructed unfinished house that has a flat concrete roof that now requires to be insulated and finished,not sure what is the most cost effective system and or costs etc,our geometra is investigating systems and methods,as well as costs etc but it would be good to have some info or even weblinks to companies that do this work so that we are not blindly led by others,can anyone advise,thanks david

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��a lot on what you want... if you are planning to use it as a terrace... or maybe as a place to site solar panels for water heating...or.many other things...��heres one site that does listings of ventilated roof systems which apparentley can be fixed onto flat roofs... ��but you will have to searchmany of them do systems that incline the roof on telescopic stands... but these then have panels attached either in metal or plastic... ugly...��you can also get special reflective white paint which stops roofs getting so hot...��you can try other searches with these words...sistema per i tetti horizontalinot a lot of help... but maybe a start ... and prices seem hard to come by... if you can spot what you are looking for best to visit a builders or phone the companythere is one below which might help��

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��nigel the problem is that you cannot do it as your neighbours did in the past... new laws mean that the roof has to have some thermal efficiency... also the other point with concrete flat roofs... well anything of concrete is that you need to put in some sort of air gap... hence ventilated roof systems... basically leaving an air gap...plus you then need insulation...two reasons... one to keep heat out in the summer and heat in during the winter...as these new laws are very recnet... virtually all other solutions in your neighborhood might well be outside normal regulations... ��as of today... ��so whilst in the past i would have agreed with you things are changing here... ��quickly... for instance due to the L'Aquila tragedy... laws which were in place and which comunes did not apply are now in many cases more rigourosly applied.. ��and now in L'Aquila or any other zone 1 seismic area... �� along the eastern appenines down to Sicily... how things were done in the past is likely to be a non solution... nothing like a few hundred dead to concentrate peoples minds on cutting corners... although these things soon drift out of peoples memories...��