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Cladding system provides grand entrance

A new entrance building at Coventry’s £334 million University Hospital, Walsgrave has a striking but practical finish, thanks to a façade system from Dryvit.

The company has supplied the system to specialist contractor ECL Contracts as part of the cladding for the 12 m high circular building. The main areas of the curved façade have been finished in Dryvit's Lymestone finish incorporating ashlar grooves. Highlighting has been provided by sections of Roxsulation finished in Dryvit's TerraNeo and in particular to the plinth and roof levels to match the adjacent granite floor tiles.

Roxsulation is a polymer-based barrier external wall insulation system that incorporates mineral wool lamella insulation. On the rotunda building it has been fixed to a sheathed lightweight steel frame wall construction. The Dryvit system meets the demands of the Building Regulations (Part L) requirements for energy efficiency easily satisfying target u-value requirements.

 

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