Coloured Bitumen Sheets

Introduction by SLE Cladding Ltd.  Onduline Sheeting is manufactured in Rouen, France and imported into the UK. It is used extensively in Europe but until recently it has not been so popular in Britain by reason of it needing a lot of support. The British favour long sheets (Onduline comes in 2 metre long sheets only) and purlins as wide apart as possible and few in numbers. (Onduline needs a a lot of support)

 Having said that it does have its many good points. It's lightweight and thus suitable for oversheeting. It's flexible for un-even and curved roofs, it's very environmentally friendly, containing only bitumen and vegetable fibres and no metal. This makes it ideal for coastal regions, where salt spray corrodes metal and also in some corrosive industrial environments.

Whilst it will never challenge the dominance of Plastic Coated Steels and Fibre-cement it the UK, it does have a considerable niche market mainly in the leisure, DIY and  environmental areas. I.E  holiday chalets, sports pavilions, stables, farm shops, golf ranges etc, and by reason of it being an excellent easy worked  DIY material, garden sheds, garages etc .

    Warning. Don't erect it within the reach of livestock. A customer's donkey ate a hole in the side of it's brand new stable.

ONDULINE

What the manufacturers say.

A tough flexible, but lightweight roofing/cladding sheet manufactured from bitumen saturated organic fibres. Available in five environmentally sensitive colours giving an attractive finish and long life at an economic price, BBA Approved. An ideal replacement for corrugated, asbestos or felt pitched roofs. Suitable for coastal or corrosive environments. Withstands high wind forces.

Unlike some materials, Onduline's colour is integral throughout. Sheeting will not fade or discolour.

Onduline is virtually indestructible, rust-rot-frost resistant. Apart from occasional cleaning, maintenance is not required.

Onduline is ideal for re-sheeting damaged felt roofing.

Onduline has been tested at wind speeds up to 120mph (192km/h). At tests at the Yardley Research Centre have found Onduline suitable in hurricane and earthquake conditions.

Onduline has BBA certification meaning that its quality and specification has been approved by the British Board of Agrement. It is also approved by most of the world's assessment authorities. Over Experience gained over 50 years confirms that the life expectancy of Onduline is many times that figure.

Renovating Old Buildings

Onduline is idea for renovating old buildings in exposed regions, especially where roof timbers are old and uneven.

Onduline is lightweight at only 6.3kg per sheet. It puts minimum stress on roof timbers. It is therefore ideal for lightweight pitched roof structures and for oversheeting damaged mineral felt roofs and old deteriorating corrugated roof coverings.

Onduline Sheet Specification

Standard sheet size 2000mm x 950mm
(78.25 ins x 37.25 ins approx)
Cover width 846mm (33¼ins),  Nominal   Thickness 3mm (1/8ins)                   Nominal material weight 3.3 kg/m2              Sheet weight approx 6.4kgs (13.9lbs).

Colours Available

BLACK   BROWN   GREEN     RED