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News Release from: Synseal | Subject: Conservatory roof test
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 February 2008
Synseal conservatory roof passes key
test
Synseal's conservatory roof success in tests of 160 mile an hour winds and nine feet of snow.
On 14 January 2008 Synseal took its conservatory roof to be tested The Synseal roof system has BBA approval but with so many changes in the UK's weather we wanted to make sure it could stand up to the most extreme conditions
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 14 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The testing is impressive.
There's a DC6 engine that creates the equivalent of 90 mile an hour winds and by adding negative pressure this speed can continue to rise.
This test has already been performed on some conservatory roofs and the best previous result was 135 miles an hour.
Synseal's roof went passed 90 miles an hour, then 100 and it kept going up.
It sailed passed the recorded highest rate of a competitor roof at 135 miles.
And it was still in working order at 160 miles an hour.
Eventually at 165 mph one sheet of polycarbonate came loose.
Impressive when you consider that the New Orleans disaster peeked at 115mph.
Also we wanted to perform the snow load test.
This test was performed on the SAME roof that has just been tested in extreme winds.
It's fantastic to witness.
You can hear the glass and frames creaking under the pressure and move over six inches but despite this the frames and roof stayed intact - through to snow loads of an incredible nine feet.
We put Synseal's conservatory roof through the 160 mile an hour winds and then subjected it to nine feet of snow.
After all it already had all the accreditations on the market and the roof has been tried and tested in the field for over five years.
The ease of installation makes it the most popular roof in the UK.
In fact one out of every four conservatories in Britain is installed with a Synseal roof.
We also wanted to show exactly what a Synseal conservatory can withstand without any extra bolts or braces - exactly as we recommend it's installed.
We weren't surprised it surpassed the best result from any other conservatory tested...
but we expect our competitors will.
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