Transform Your Garden With Our Timber Decking Tiles!

Is the winter weather getting you down? Turn your thoughts to the long summer evenings and spending time entertaining friends in your garden. If you would like to transform your garden area into something truly special, offering the perfect venue for entertaining friends or relaxing by yourself, the installation of decking can go a long way towards this. Creating a Stunning Finish Stunning finishes can be achieved. The tiles can be laid in a straight line pattern or in a “chess board” style, depending on the client’s wishes. We have a range of different timber available sourced from South America, chosen for their beauty and durability including Ipe, Cumaru, Sucupira and Massaranduba. We can also supply FSC® certified timber as we have FSC® Chain of Custody. See our gallery for more pictures of Hardwood Timber Decking Tiles. Wallbarn Timber Paving Tiles Give your garden area, patio or balcony the affordable makeover that it deserves with our range of decking. By using our sus
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Can green roofs bloom into cost savings for building owners? | Construction Dive

Construction industry news, trends and jobs for building professionals who want mobile-friendly content.
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Making Landscapes More Flood Resilient

A wonderful exhibition has put forward a persuasive argument that a ‘landscape first’ approach to urban development, via innovative water management, could offer an effective solution designed to make our cities more resilient to flooding. For more on this story please click on the following link http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/jan/09/six-ways-city-landscapes-more-flood-resilient-in-pictures The Importance of Flood Defences It is likely to be many years before the UK begins to forget the devastating damage caused to homes, businesses and infrastructure caused by widespread flooding in early 2014. Whilst people were quick to point fingers at a number of different organisations for dropping the ball in regards to dredging rivers and for building properties on floodplains, the truth is that with so many water-resistant surfaces currently in place, this was a disaster waiting to happen. Why Is This a Problem? It may sound fairly obvious in hindsight but if water cannot
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Green roofs, bike paths, new residential developments all part of Pointe-Claire urban plan | Montreal Gazette

PointWICPCire unveiled its future look during a public consultation, Oct. 6. The city must comply with the island-wide Land Use and Development plan adopted in April.
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Creating green roofs in Peru to combat pollution

In 2014, the World Health Organization cited Lima, Peru, a city of almost 10 million, as having the worst air pollution in all of Latin America. Since then, various initiatives have been proposed to relieve the health threats that, literally, hang over the heads of Lima's residents.
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Hoboken Welcomes Green Roofs to Help Fight Stormwater Runoff | Video | NJTV News

The garden on this Hoboken rooftop isn’t just eye candy for the residents above, it’s part of the city’s green infrastructure to combat stormwater runoff.
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Green roofs take root to reduce flooding, save energy

Green Roofs Take Root to Reduce Flooding, Save Energy. Forget shingles, gravel or asphalt. Instead, try a roofing material that you may need to mow.
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How Important is Effective Foundation Waterproofing?

Leaking foundations can potentially be catastrophic and can endanger the entire structure of a property. To help ensure that this never happens to you, Wallbarn supply a range of highly effective foundation waterproofing. To stop water from entering a foundation, effective foundation waterproofing needs to be seamless with the ability to stretch over cracks and withstand water under hydrostatic pressure caused by heavy rains. Spray applied polymer-modified asphalt exterior foundation waterproofing stops water on the outside, before it can get into a basement. Every new foundation needs to be waterproofed and the application of reliable foundation waterproofing can help to save a world of trouble further down the line. Spray application of seamless waterproofing on the exterior of a foundation turns the interior into a dry basement. Now the basement living area stays dry and free of water. Without foundation waterproofing, water can seep through a foundation wall or through a crack i
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New maps show Melbourne's unused rooftops are ripe for greening

In these days of hand wringing over the "Manhattanisation" of Melbourne it is easy to forgot there is still quite a lot of space in the city - ...
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Green roofs — and a starring role for an unloved Texas plant - Houston Chronicle

Green roofs can regulate temperature, substantially reduce energy consumption and provide an aesthetically pleasing habitat for native insects and other animals, according to a 2001 study in Energy and Buildings.
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Timber Decking Pedestals - Wallbarn

Wallbarn’s range of timber decking pedestals offer the perfect solution for deck paving by providing a secure & stable foundation on which you can lay decking.
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Raised Floor Pedestals - Wallbarn

Our pedestals act as a guide when laying decking slabs, ensuring that they are left in a uniform position guaranteeing an attractive finish.
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Why Protecto Drain is Revolutionising Vertical Plane Drainage

Protecto Drain G8 is ideal for use in conjunction with subterranean applications and foundation walls where a greater degree of drainage and protection is required on the vertical plane. Geotextile Properties Protecto-drain G8 is made from the same HDPE (high density polyethylene) material, but has a geotextile fabric bonded to one side. It is designed to protect vertical surfaces from damage with the laminated non-woven geotextile layer separating the soil from the membrane, giving greater protection to the subterranean waterproofed surface. It is also lightweight and simple to install. It creates an air gap between the structure and the earthworks, ensuring complete protection to the waterproofing membrane on the structural wall after backfill. Special Design Protecto-drain G8 is installed with the geotextile fabric facing towards the soil backfill. Water will pass through the geotextile but the HDPE cupped membrane prevents further ingress. The water will fall down the face of the
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There is still time to install green roofs before Christmas

With the mild temperatures we are still experiencing in December, it is the ideal time to get M-Tray green roofs installed before Christmas.
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Important Information – Monday 14th December

Wallbarn is having our Christmas lunch on Monday 14 December and the warehouse is closed on that day. Therefore, no consignments will be sent out on Monday 14 December. The office will be open before 10am and a receptionist will be taking messages during throughout the day, but the key members of the team will not be in the office after 10am. If callers could leave a message if the issue is not urgent, or call 07801 842809, 07860 866436 or 07769 279321 in the event of an emergency, we will do our best to contact you as soon as possible. Thank you. The post Important Information Monday 14th December appeared first on Wallbarn.
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Floor Pedestals - Wallbarn

Fixing timber decking has never been as fast and easy as it is using Wallbarn’s range of products, including our excellent floor pedestals.
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Preventing Future Landslips

As many areas of Britain continues to be ravaged by the appalling weather, the implementation of geotextile fabrics could help to significantly reduce some of the ramifications of excess rainfall and storm water such as landslides. Geotextiles are proven to be effective at preventing landslides by strengthening soil and reducing the chances of erosion. The range of geotextiles fabrics available from Wallbarn, which are essentially permeable fabric, are less expensive and a more sustainable alternative than retention walls. Proven Results Used for separating, reinforcing, filtering, and drainage, geotextiles offer proven results when it comes to protecting plant cover, and erosion and landslide prevention. How Do They Work? The installation of these geotextiles allows the grass roots to integrate with the fabric over time “knitting together” the whole bank to help prevent future landslips. When contrasted to the “questionable” logic of cutting down trees (which led to a landsl
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Decking Supports Adjustable Pedestals - Wallbarn

Because the decking support pads available from Wallbarn are made from synthetic rubber instead of plastic, they possess excellent levels of durability, are much easier to cut & are significantly more flexible.
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Combating The Shortfall in the UK’s Flood Defences

A story several months ago in the Guardian highlighted an alarming factm yet seemingly recurring fact – ‘England s flood defence funding faces £600m shortfall, MPs warn’. For more on this story, please visit the Guardian’s website by clicking on the following link http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/10/englands-flood-defence-funding-faces-600m-shortfall-mps-warn?CMP=share_btn_tw Catastrophic Damage After the catastrophic damage caused during floods in recent years, this news will be greeted with grave concern by many areas of the country. However, the introduction of a new water attenuation fabric called AQUATEN PLUS™ to the market could offer the ideal solution to many flooding issues. What Causes The Problems? During irrigation or in a deluge, soil / substrate can only absorb so much water before allowing everything through. This can lead to flash flooding on the green roof or around the planters as the drainage outlets flush all the water across the landscap
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Decking Support Pedestals - Wallbarn

Wallbarn’s range of decking support pedestals offer the perfect solution for deck paving by providing a secure & stable foundation on which you can lay decking.
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Adjustable Support Pedestals - Wallbarn

For roofs built to falls where there are changes in levels by a very small or irregular amount, where there is a continuous fall over a large area, or where there are multiple and complicated changes in the fall and levels across the roof – then the ASP range of Adjustable pedestals are the perfect tools.
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Adjustable Paving Pedestals - Wallbarn

Adjustable paving pedestals have been designed for paving areas where there is a high probability of the paving or decking needing to be lifted or lowered on a regular basis.
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Adjustable Floor Pedestals - Wallbarn

Wallbarn’s range of decking pads offer the perfect solution for deck paving by providing a secure & stable foundation on which you can lay decking.
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Warrington Gardens – Balcony Project

A recently completed project offers another ideal example of the versatility and high quality of the hardwood timber decking tiles in action, mounted onto ASP adjustable pedestals. What Makes Wallbarn Decking Tiles Different? Traditionally laying timber decking directly onto these deck surfaces led to additional costs of employing specialist carpenters. Laying timber joists directly onto the waterproofing membrane also risked damage over time. Wallbarn Timber Paving Tiles offer the ideal solution. The weight of the tile will hold the system in place. This suspended system avoids having to fix anything onto the deck and lifts all the timber away from any standing water, avoiding the dangers of a slippery surface. Creating a Stunning Finish Stunning finishes can be achieved. The tiles can be laid in a straight line pattern or in a “chess board” style, depending on the client’s wishes. We have a range of different timber available sourced from South America, chosen for their beaut
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