Bauder Building Board

The specification

Bauder hot melt structural waterproofing system was specified for this project as this system is suited beneath paved or ballasted surfacing, car parks, podiums, plazas, green roofs and substructures. This system provides a monolithic, fully bonded waterproofing membrane that is tough, flexible and self-healing to minor punctures.
 
Intensive substrate and turf was also specified to provide valuable recreational space to the podium car park. The turf was bespoke to the project and together with the intensive substrate helps with storm water management, with the drainage layer and substrate keeping the system weight to a minimum.

Project challenges

The existing slab was not level, and so prior to beginning the waterproofing installation, Approved Contractors, Protech Roofing Ltd, had to flood the slab with hot melt to level the surface. As this was a refurbishment project, the installers had existing planters and upstand details to overlay. The outlets also had to be replaced and the system fully sealed. Access to the rest of the site for other trades was through the main working ground. Being in the city centre of Leeds, the site access was also rather restricting.

To solve these challenges, the waterproofing was tested and repaired continuously with the results reported back to the client to keep them informed. The contractors arrived to site early in the morning to avoid rush hour traffic and to minimise the impact on surrounding businesses.

System installed

Bauder Hot Melt structural system

This system has a BBA stated life expectancy to match the design life of the roof, bridges minor cracks and infills minor irregularities, and its full adhesion to deck restricts lateral water movement.

 

Turfed intensive green roof system

Bauder’s turfed intensive green roof system is very environmentally friendly, with the substrate including a high proportion of recycled crushed brick and aggregate, the protection, filtration and isolation layers manufactured from recycled materials, and the DSE40 water storage and drainage layer manufactured from recycled polyethylene.

 

1 BauderGREEN SUB-IM UK	This FLL/GRO compliant substrate provides a free draining, growing medium for green roof systems. It is a lightweight substrate designed for most vegetation and provides aeration qualities with some inherent water retention.
2 BauderGREEN FV 125 100	Designed to separate and contain Bauder substrates from the drainage element of the green roof system. It prevents fine material from being washed out of the substrate layer.
3 BauderGREEN DSE 40	Laid on to the completed waterproofing, to provide continuous drainage within hard and soft landscaping. It is primarily used where the load is moderate to high, such as intensive green roofs like Benson House. Its compressive strength makes it suitable beneath paving laid on sand/cement or gravel bedding or within planter beds.
4 BauderGREEN FSM 600	Placed onto completed waterproofing to protect the waterproofing from mechanical damage.
5 BauderGREEN PE 02	Separation and slip layer, fitted directly onto the completed waterproofing to split the landscaping from the waterproofing.