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DECRA TILES TOP SWEDISH BEAUTIES IN RURAL LINCOLNSHIRE

Lightweight steel roof tiles from Decra have been “integral” to the success of two timber frame modular housing projects by designer Roger Case for the Lincolnshire Rural Housing Association.

Parctiles in three colours – Terracotta Red, Teak and Fern Green – were used most recently on phase 3 at St Swithen’s Close, Bicker, Boston, while Decra’s Oberon tiles were used on phase 2 which was completed a year before.

Decra tiles are particularly suitable for modular buildings due to their lightweight. But they are also low-maintenance, and independent research by Davis Langdon shows they are up to 66% cheaper than many other roofing systems based on a whole life costing.

Manufactured from steel, the world’s most recycled material, approximately 25% of every Decra tile’s steel content is recycled. Moreover, when eventually the steel tile roof is decommissioned, the steel can be recycled once again.

The St Swithen’s Close houses – 12 semi-detached properties on each phase – were designed as Concept Homes by Roger Case Design & Management and built in Sweden by KarlsonHus for erection on site.

KarlsonHus builds to stringent Swedish specifications using a large, highly insulated, closed panel system incorporating doors and windows, with all the plumbing and wiring integrated within the walls.

The homes typically feature hand-made kitchens and bathroom and toilet pods, triple glazed timber windows and solid timber floors to reduce allergens. This factor is helped by a ventilation system that filters out airborne elements such as pollen. A heat recovery system ensures bills are much lower than traditionally built UK homes.

Roger Case, who has used Decra tiles on eight Concept Homes projects since he first discovered them in 1998, said of the St Swithen’s Close development: “The Decra tiles have been integral to the concept, with low weight, low manual handling, modular and rapid installation, and a good range of profiles and colours to match the various elevational finishes.”

His brief from the housing association was to design homes with high levels of thermal performance, air tightness, low water usage and renewable energy and his response, an unusual, brightly coloured take on the traditional semi, was well received by local planners.

“The Decra tiles meet the project intentions and have good visual impact,” he said. “The client is very satisfied.”

East of England Roofing Services installed some 4,000 of the Decra tiles on the first phase for main contractor Lindum Construction, the second for Robert Woodhead.

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