Britain’s gardens are set for a make-over boom in 2021, with DIY enthusiasts putting garden sheds, summer houses and other timber outbuildings high on their agendas for a spruce up in the coming months.
Make-over boom in 2021
Britain’s gardens are set for a make-over boom in 2021, with DIY enthusiasts putting garden sheds, summer houses and other timber outbuildings high on their agendas for a spruce up in the coming months.
A number of independent surveys have confirmed the trend for spending time and money on making the most of our personal green oases shows no sign of letting up.
Onduline Building Products, a global leader in the manufacture of eco-friendly bituminous corrugated sheeting, has a wide range of light weight roofing products that are perfect for garden projects.
Easy roofing
A popular choice for consumers is ONDULINE EASYLINE.
ONDULINE EASYLINE has been designed specifically for DIY projects, such as renovations of garden sheds, leisure houses, play houses, wood shelters, carports and many other outbuildings.
Perfect for small canopy roofs, these roofing sheets are very compact (only 1 x 0,76 m²). They can be easily transported in any car and due to their light weight and size they can be easily handled on the roof and are easy to install.
Available in seven bright colours, ONDULINE EASYLINE can be cut with a standard cutter or roofer knife, and it comes with a 10-year guarantee.
Available to garden centres and retailers in a branded standalone pallet, complete with accessories and fixings.
Clay tile alternative
Clay roof tiles have been a traditional part of the UK’s roofing landscape for hundreds of years. It’s aesthetically pleasing and suits a wide range of building types, from sheds to garden rooms, orangeries to summer houses.
Available in retail friendly packs, Onduline’s ‘clay tile’ alternative, ONDUVILLA, is the ideal roofing solution to cover a variety of garden buildings and garden-based timber structures.
With ONDUVILLA corrugated roofing tiles, DIY enthusiasts can cover a building’s roof quickly and efficiently. ONDUVILLA has a 15-year weatherproof guarantee and contains no hazardous substances, making it completely safe for people and, where it is used for animal homes and stables, for your customers’ pets.
Stylish colours
Available in shaded tones of red, green, black and brown, it is also ‘on trend’ with the current focus on sustainable building solutions, comprising 50% to 60% of recycled fibres.
In addition, ONDUVILLA has the advantage of being suitable for shallow pitched roofs, down to an angle of 9°. With a weight of only 1.27 kg per tile and a thickness of 3 mm, these tiles give a lightweight, robust roof requiring minimum maintenance.
Classic shingles
Roof shingles provide one of the most popular and attractive forms of roof covering, with the BARDOLINE CLASSIC range perfect for any type of roof.
BARDOLINE CLASSIC roof shingles are guaranteed for 10 years and are AA fire rated, providing extra peace of mind.
The light weight shingles are quick and easy to install and are manufactured using specially formulated bitumen asphalt, reinforced with glass fibres. They cut easily and require only standard DIY tools.
Customers can choose from a range of shapes and colours. They are available in ‘rectangular’, ‘beaver’ and ‘triangular’ formats in red, green, slate grey and brown.
As soon as they are installed, BARDOLINE CLASSIC shingles ensure that the roof is watertight and require very little maintenance.
The original bitumen corrugated roof sheet
The ONDULINE CLASSIC is the original ‘high performance’ bitumen corrugated roofing panel. Made from 50% to 60% recycled materials, these lightweight roofing sheets are suitable for both renovation and new construction projects.
ONDULINE CLASSIC is an extremely tough corrugated roofing system and is BBA certified. The sheets are finished with a colour pigment and resin impregnation process that ‘stains’ the colour into the sheet to provide excellent colour retention properties and enhanced U.V. resistance.
Carrying a 15-year guarantee, ONDULINE CLASSIC roof solution is a popular roof product for guaranteed waterproofing as well as providing exceptional thermal and acoustic comfort.
To install ONDULINE CLASSIC corrugated roofing sheets is simple. No specialist tools are required.
Paul Duffy, Managing Director
Managing Director Paul Duffy said: “Sales of our range of lightweight roofing solutions rose significantly across the summer and autumn, and we’re confident that trend will continue from the coming spring and onwards.
“People have rediscovered the joy of being outside in their own space, and even using it as a place to work from with a home office in their gardens.”
