Installation: Quick & easy to install (during or after construction).
Simple: No specialist skills or lifting equipment required.
Finish: Available in stone and granite appearance or custom colours.
Environment: Saves precious mineral recourses (low carbon impact).
Durable: Won't crack, shrink or twist ...even in extreme climates!
Foamstone products have been used for many years to add non structural architectural detail to buildings throughout the world and in total extremes of climatic conditions.
Many original methods employed a mesh base in an attempt to give these early coatings strength as they were rigid and brittle. Other methods used a resin base coat instead, but this was prone to expand and contract at a different rate to the foam and delaminate from its substrata. Both methods would not allow any flex to the section and would often result in cracking and twist over the section length. This produced unsatisfactory joints and difficulty when installing.
Scientists saw that Foamstone was a superb building solution yet the existing coating products fell short of ideal. Finally the solution came with the development of a polymerised quartz coating that chemically bonds to the foam sub strata yet still retains a unique flexibility.
This amazing breakthrough eliminated the need for troublesome sub layers and permitted the sections to contour to buildings. See demonstration video under 'Our Foamstone'. This flexibility makes site installation so much easier, eliminating twist and overcoming building irregularities in rendered surfaces or brickwork. SYTEX does not shrink, expand or crack. The flexible coating is impact resistant, cushioning any blow rather than chipping.
SYTEX went further. We chose not only the densest foam produced in order to produce strong, crisp profile shapes, but used fire retardant foam for total peace of mind in any building solution.
As a final finish, SYTEX profiles are factory painted with Dulux Maximum Exposure Smooth Masonry paint. Unlike normal paint this product is flexible like the SYTEX coating. It is over five times more flexible and offers up to 15 years protection.
SYTEX profiles are simple to install. Dow Chemical's have developed a gun foam adhesive called Insta Stik that is applied just to the rear of the SYTEX section. Both the profile and the building surface are moistened with water, then the section is held into position for five minutes, at which time it is set!
No messy mixing of cements or adhesives. Clean and easy to fit even after decoration of the building. No mechanical fixings required that would penetrate the outer skin of the building (so often the cause of water ingress). The profiles are then sealed to the building using Dow's Top Gun Sealant. See demonstration video under 'Installation Instructions'.
SYTEX profiles can be trimmed to length or mitred on site using basic carpentry equipment. Factory finished returns are available at extra cost to reduce installation time and skill. SYTEX filler is supplied to produce seamless joints where sections abut.
SYTEX uses the latest computerised technology to cut its profiles allowing virtually any shape to be produced and without any minimum quantity or setting up costs. This permits design freedom and cost savings never previously attainable. Arches, curves and intricate composite shapes are now possible as well as standard profiles. See 'Range' for an example of just how complex an item can be manufactured.
SYTEX Foamstone products are light and easy to handle. No specialist lifting equipment is required. This offers huge benefits on site where space or access may be restricted as well as saving costly hire charges for equipment. SYTEX profiles can now be used where previously weight restrictions eliminated such features unfolding countless design opportunities.
SYTEX has brought Foamstone into the 21st Century. Now let SYTEX Foamstone products bring your next building project there as well.
You can add amazing architectural detail to any building even after construction or where weight or access may have been an issue. SYTEX profiles simply bond to brick or render.
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SYTEX Foamstone products are light and easy to handle. No specialist lifting equipment is required. This offers huge benefits on site where space or access may be restricted as well as saving costly hire charges for equipment. SYTEX profiles can now be used where previously weight restrictions eliminated such features unfolding countless design opportunities. 