WHO WE ARE

The management team of Insultrak® have over 25 years of experience in the roof insulation industry in South Africa through their sister company D&D Roof Insulations. The company has been one of the leading innovators and suppliers of most commercially available roof insulation products in South Africa and also founding members of TIPSASA (Thermal Insulation Products & Systems Association of South Africa).  Following previous product successes such as the development of Starlite®, which was the first faced fibre roof insulation material in South Africa to achieve an A1 (Non-combustible) fire rating, the development of a solution such as Insultrak® was therefore a natural progression.

Insultrak® was born out of extensive research and development initially due to the problem presented by thicker faced fibre roof insulation materials being specified in over-purlin roof applications. Since the inception of the SANS 10400-XA standard for Energy Usage in buildings, there has been a marked increase in the use of thicker fibre blanket materials to attain the required thermal values for the building’s design. This in turn impacted on the effective fixing of the roof sheet for both secret fix and standard roof sheeting systems in conjunction with the thicker insulation material.

The second problem that needed to be over-come during the R&D process was to find a material that would provide the required fire performance when used in these applications. Following testing done to SANS 10177-10 (Fire Performance classification of thermal insulated building envelope systems) a material was found that met these requirements.

The final requirement and by no means less important, was that the Insultrak® spacer would markedly improve the overall thermal value of the insulation material once installed, by providing the maximum return loft of the fibre blanket. It was also found that the aesthetics of the faced fibre were not affected by the addition of the Insultrak® spacer.