This project involved the refurbishment of what was a pre-second world war seaplane hangar. Built in the early 1930's, the timber and steel structure was clad in asbestos cement sheeting with slates fitted to its original six dormers.


Industrial Building Solutions Limited were requested by the client to investigate various covering options that would be in-keeping with its original design, heritage and planning limitations.

After great consideration, Eternits Profile Six (P6R) Fibre Cement products were selected to keep as close as possible to the original roofing. Although considerably faded, the existing roof sheeting was a terracotta colour to which the Eternit painted range was selected in its equivalent. Natural daylight was provided by increasing the inplane Filon GRP rooflight areas and dismantling and removing 5 of the original 6 dormer units.

Given the buildings age the structure was found to be in excellent condition requiring only isolated changing of supports.


The vertical cladding was also replaced at the seaward gable end with the addition of new over cladding to the opposite gable finished in Corus HPS200 "White" profiled to the unusual CA 50/950 half round profile.


Finally, the entire floor slap was replaced by Keith Knight Civil Engineering of Poole to create a modern boat shed storage facility for the club.

When David Phipp extended his retail facility at Ferndown he wanted to be able to keep it on a traditional footing aesthetically to match the rest of the buildings.

The "orangery" building was constructed using a modern steel frame design by W.S.X. Structural of Bournemouth.


Industrial Building Solutions Limited were asked to look at the roof coverings and proposed to the client the Kingspan KS1000 RT panel. This product combined the modern approach to roofing with its guaranteed insulation performance but externally a traditional finish in its tile shaped outer sheet. Finished in "Anthracite" dark grey it complemented the adjacent roofs creating a centrepiece to the building complex. The use of the mage purpose designed low profile coloured head fasteners kept the fixing locations both minimal and unobtrusive adding considerably to the finished appearance. The addition of the glazed atrium and Kingspan hip details gave the roof its striking visual finish.

Industrial Building Solutions Limited also utilised the same panel for a project for Dorset County Council at Beaucroft School, Colehill to similar effect.

Case Study:
DLH Cars & Commercials
The client has occupied the building for vehicle repairs and servicing activities since it was built in the early 1980's. The roof construction is an Eternit double six metric asbestos cement sheet laid over a 'celotex-type' rigid insulation board. The majority of the roof is in good order and watertight.

Existing rooflights indicating extent of deterioration and discoloration

The main area of leakage was the rooflights which had begun to breakdown, distort and split. Eight out of ten roof leaks can generally be attributed to the rooflight area on most industrial buildings.

New GRP rooflights installed and sealed to a watertight state

Removal and replacement of matching profile new rooflight units. GRP was chosen over the existing PVC products to provide better U.V resistance to ageing and discoloration together with an increased service life and weatherability factors. A second issue was a later installation of GRP vent unit. This had been fitted and weathered poorly resulting in a continued problem since its fitting.

Site applied, two stage GRP upstand detail to existing vent unit

Case Study:
Red Kite Vehicle Workshops

This project consisted of the need to provide new roof coverings to an old asbestos cement clad building. Natural daylight had also been reduced to a minimum due to the age and condition of the existing rooflights. Removal of the coverings were impractical although the weight of these coverings was at maximum load design for the structural steel frame.

Existing Roof before work commenced

I.B.S.L. chose Filon's over-roofing system. As manufactured in a GRP material, it added no significant weight to the roof area. The over-roof sheeting could also be produced in a profile (Atlas major tile) to match the existing which meant the rooflight pattern in place could be followed simply. Improvements to the natural daylight were achieved by firstly replacing the existing rooflights with a GRP Class 1 product and including a GRP Class 3 light above. This not only led to increased daylight to the workshop area, but also eliminated condensation problems that had occurred with the original single skin rooflights. Partial overcladding of the vertical elevations was also carried out to create a modern appearance.

Roof during Over-sheeting with Filon Products

The final roof coverings provided the Client with a watertight, long term solution to the buildings ingress problems without disruption of the day to day activities.Work nearing completion.

Hembury Stud FarmThe client had converted two agricultural buildings to industrial use approximately five years ago. The main issue was the existing asbestos cement roof sheeting was approaching the end of its lifespan and in some cases sheets were not completely watertight affecting the structure and inside of the building. An additional problem was the thermal performance, which, due to their original use, was very poor.

Hembury Stud Farm, during work by Industrial Building Solutions Limited

Hembury during constructionI.B.S.L. recommended upgrading of the building to the following specification:

1. Installation of a spacer system over the existing asbestos cement sheeting to the main structure.
2. Provisions of additional glasswool insulation, 86mm thickness, to provide a significant increase in thermal performance and long-term saving on heating costs in the winter months.
3. Installation of an external 0.7mm thickness British Steel colorcoat profile together with matching flashings/trims giving the client a quality finish supported by the confidex guarantee.

Completed project, showing thermally efficient roof and cladding systems, showing a new, modern clean appearance

Case Study: Refurbishment of St Michaels Workshops

This project consisted of removal of the existing asbestos cement and fibre board linings to the roof and walls of a vehicle workshop damaged by fire. At the same time, the need arose to replace the roof purlins and clean down and paint the exposed original structure.

Workshop before Work Commenced

Once preliminary works had been carried out and purlins replaced via a full boarded scaffold to the entire surround and under the roof area, installation of the new sheeting could commence.

I.B.S.L. chose Euroclad's 1000/ 19 Bright White liner and 1000/ 32 profiles for the external cladding. Constructed prior to April 2002 the replacement cladding was installed to achieve a 0.45 "U" value. The use of trimline eaves gutters and matching flashings in the same corporate colour were used to complete the envelope. Natural daylight for the workshop had been an ongoing problem previously with the old rooflights letting minimal light enter the building. Installed with the new roof were Filon's twin-skin matching profile GRP rooflights which have significantly improved the working area for the mechanics.

Finished! and the Sun has come out..

The finished coverings have provided the Client with a modern, clean facility to service their customer base.For additional information use our e-mail response format or telephone us with your enquiries.