Don’t Re-roof
At least before contacting us!
It is a surprising fact that many flat roofs considered to be at the end of their useful life are not actually that bad! Just because they spring a leak, it doesn’t mean they have failed completely. In fact, our assessment is that most roofs are only in need of a little TLC, with 95% of the covering still in good order.
Victory after hundreds of years!
Thornton Consulting are proud to have been selected to identify leaks in the mastic caulking to the decks of HMS Victory in Portsmouth.
The ancient pitch caulking had been replaced with a modern polymer product but even that was letting in water at a few spots and causing problems below.
We employed a revolutionary vacuum test process to identify even the smallest problem points.
Success at the Olympics!
Thornton Consulting has won several contracts for integrity testing of roof membranes and waterproofing systems for the 2012 the London Olympics. These include the main stadium, and the Olympic Village, plus the nearby Westfield shopping centre, being built as part of the development.
This is not our first Olympics involvement, however, as we tested the roof to Hotel Arts in Barcelona for the 1992 Games. This was built to house the press corps covering the event.
Still out in front 23 years on!
GLA building, london
In 2007, a £0.5 million contract was placed to cover the roof of the GLA Building with photovoltaic panels. It was accepted early on that, once these panels were in place, the waterproofing membrane would remain inaccessible for the next 25 years or so, at least.
Fitness Centre Leaks Resolved
We recently worked on a very difficult project to locate leaks from a first floor fitness centre into a large ground floor retail store in Hampshire, where the problems had been ongoing for “as long as some senior staff can remember”! With our proven investigative procedures we were able to uncover problems in the waterproofing and drainage system to the shower and steam room areas. Once we had discovered the problems, we were then employed as technical supervisors on remedial works. 100% successful!
Bath Spa was a Millenium project that went wrong and opened 5 years late! This was partly due to serious leaks from the whole steam floor in the fitness centre. We solved that one too! And we were employed to test the new waterproofing system to ensure the problems would not come back.
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