Edifici Catalunya Reus: A cool roof
In 2022, the cool roof at Edifici Catalunya Reus was made with Impermax COLD POLYUREA SUPREME.
01 · Project overview
What is this project?
In 2022, the cool roof at Edifici Catalunya Reus was made with Impermax COLD POLYUREA SUPREME. Catalonia works a roof and a floor hard: sea air on the coast, a sharp swing between afternoon and night, and industrial towns that do not stop for a slow coating.
This one is a cool roof.
Impermax goes on cold, by roller or spray, normally in two coats.
Krypton Chemical makes the resin. The crew on site applies it. On Edifici Catalunya Reus the details have to get the same film as the open field, and the cure has to finish before the building goes back to work.
| Project | Edifici Catalunya Reus: A cool roof |
|---|---|
| Place | España – Cataluña |
| Year | 2022 |
| Line | Waterproofing |
| Products | Impermax COLD POLYUREA SUPREME |
02 · The challenge
What did this structure ask of the system?
Edifici Catalunya Reus: A cool roof has to do two jobs. It keeps the rain out, and it keeps the heat of the sun off the rooms underneath. A dark membrane in full sun becomes a radiator. A light, reflective face is part of the waterproofing, not a paint added for looks.
The deck still moves between afternoon and night. The membrane has to stretch with it, and the outlets and parapets have to be in the same film. A cool roof that is thin at the edge leaks, however white the middle is.
03 · The solution
Which system was trusted here?
The system trusted here is the one named for the job: Impermax COLD POLYUREA SUPREME. It is chosen because it matches the substrate and the exposure, not because every building wants the same can.
On a roof the membrane has to follow outlets and upstands at the same thickness as the field. An exposed aromatic film takes a topcoat if the colour will be seen.
04 · Application
How is the system built?
The products named for Edifici Catalunya Reus: A cool roof are applied as one build-up, details before the field. Outlets, edges and changes of plane are closed first, with the same materials as the main area. A system that changes product at the difficult line is a system with a future peel.
The line is Impermax COLD POLYUREA SUPREME. The deck is dry, the temperature is inside the range that product allows, and the next coat follows while the window is open. Leaving a detail for the following week is how these jobs come back.
On Edifici Catalunya Reus: A cool roof the roof fails at the edge long before it fails in the field. Parapets, outlets, plant plinths and laps are detailed first, with the same system, at the same thickness. A bay can be perfect and the ceiling still stains if the outlet was a collar of mastic.
The deck moves between the hot afternoon and the night. The membrane has to move with it. A rigid coat maps every crack in the substrate onto the ceiling. Thermal movement is the reason an elastic system is on a roof like this, not a preference for a particular can.
Where the film stays in the sun, colour and waterproofing are two layers. The membrane keeps the water out. An aliphatic coat keeps the appearance. Skipping the topcoat because the membrane is already waterproof is how a sound roof starts to look failed, and then gets recoated for the wrong reason.
05 · Results
What does a job like this stand behind?
Edifici Catalunya Reus: A cool roof has one standard. The coating is still doing its job after the building is back in use, at the details as well as in the middle.
Figures for cure, thickness and strength, where they are given, come from the product data sheets. They are not a test cut out of this building.
What this asks of Edifici Catalunya Reus: A cool roof is workmanship at the difficult line. The open field is the easy part of a resin job. Outlets, edges, penetrations and changes of plane are where thickness goes missing, and where water or wear finds the gap. The same products and the same care belong there, and the cure is allowed to finish before the building goes back into use. That is the difference between a coating that was simply applied and a system that stays in service.
06 · Products
Products on this job
Impermax COLD POLYUREA SUPREME
Named on this project. The data sheet carries the application window and the typical figures.
07 · FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Where is this project?
Edifici Catalunya Reus: A cool roof. España – Cataluña
When was the work done?
2022.
Which products were used?
Impermax COLD POLYUREA SUPREME.
Why are the details done first?
Outlets, upstands and joints are where water gets in. They are closed with the same system as the main area.
Where do the cure times come from?
From the product data sheet. They describe the resin, not a clock stopped on this site.