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Index Building Products - Waterproofing Products & Materials Guarantees
Index offer a choice of 10, 15 or 20 year insurance backed guarantees for their modified bitumen built-up membrane flat roofing systems when they are installed by an approved Index roofing contractor.

An instant guide to typical Index waterproofing systems for the most common roofing structures are detailed in an eight page brochure which defines the three periods of guarantee by colour code.

The following case histories are an example of projects where building owners have chosen Index insurance backed guarantees against materials and workmanship to protect their properties in the long term.

Bridgewater Paper Mill, Ellesmere Port
Deck: Metal profile
Insulation: Foamglass
Underlay: Helastoplan V
Cap sheet: Proteaduo mineral APP/SBS composite membrane.
20 year Insurance backed guarantee.

York District Hospital, A&E Wing and Pathology dept.
Deck: Mastic asphalt over concrete
Insulation: Cork
Underlay: Helastoplan V
Cap sheet: Proteaduo mineral APP/SBS composite membrane
20 year Insurance backed guarantee.

Mono-pitch roofs at Maghull High School, Liverpool
Deck: Timber T&G
Primer: Indever Rapid Dry
Vapour check: Surebase APP membrane
Insulation: Polyurethane/Perlite
Underlay: Robur APP membrane
Cap sheet: Flexter Testudo mineral. BBA certified.
15 year Insurance backed guarantee.

Green roof over Library block, Cumbria campus of University of Lancashire, Penrith
Deck: Metal
Primer: Indever Rapid Dry
Insulation: Indexzone PUR.
Upper Layer of System: Proteaduo APP/SBS composite membrane with Defend H Antiroots membrane and the Insta sedum planting system.
Exposed upstands: Flexter Mineral, BBA certified membrane.
20 year extended insurance backed guarantee.

Standards
Index high performance waterproofing membranes are covered by over 25 Certificates of Technical Approval from leading test institutions worldwide,including the BBA, ICITE and Factory Mutual. Index membranes are accredited in accordance with the international ISO 9000/2000 range of Quality Standards and ISO 14001 as far as environmental considerations are concerned.

Installation of Index membrane based waterproofing systems are only undertaken by an approved network of contractors to ensure that the quality ethos extends from manufacture through to specification and installation, the latter being monitored by one of the Company's team of local technical managers who also certify the guarantees.