Products that preserve history
The team were asked to help answer the age-old question, how do we retrofit construction sites for airtightness while maintaining breathability in the structure of the building fabric? The problem with lime walls is that they need consolidation, to give a firm substructure for the liquid paint that we’re applying.
With all the amazing historic insights these buildings offer, we at Intelligent Membranes want to use sustainable and VOC-free building materials to combine historic integrity with 21st-century performance. Solving the problem, with solutions that promote the heritage of a building. We think that buildings can be traditional, but at the same time with a higher standard of airtightness, they can become more liveable and comfortable for their occupants.
Our new heritage products Lime Prime & Render Prime solve 2 common issues contractors and architects have on historical construction sites.
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The Intelligent Membranes products are the future of building solutions, but we play a big part in the preservation of historical buildings.
Download Architect SpecRender Prime & Lime Prime
Our new Heritage products Lime Prime & Render Prime solve 2 common issues contractors and architects have on construction sites.
Lime Prime is a hand spray/brush applied base coat to cover the lime-based substructures of grade-listed buildings whilst maintaining a breathable state. It does this by fully impregnating the surface and becoming part of the substrate, so it treats the condition of the lime as well as priming it for other materials to go on top.
Before Render Prime came out all we could do was recommend other polymer adhesives to builders that we have personally tested on Passive Purple & Passive Purple External.
Now we have developed Render Prime, a substance that sits on top of Passive Purple or Passive Purple External allowing you to then apply plasterboard through the dot and dab method or apply a skim coat or screed treatment depending on the job detail. Render prime doesn’t just add a string to our bow, it also means building contractors and the construction management team save time looking elsewhere for suitable polymer adhesives, and we all know how key time is when it comes to finishing building projects promptly and within budget.
Our Affiliations
We are proud to be affiliated with NBS and recognised as a trusted and quality supplier of eco-friendly building solutions.
- We are proud to be affiliated with NBS and recognised as a trusted and quality supplier of eco-friendly building solutions.
- LABC personally approve of Intelligent Membranes as a trusted supplier and we are proud to be LABC assured.
- The RIBA product selector ensures that those working in design and construction know the highest quality products that they can be using, Intelligent Membranes included.