Low maintenance benefits on offer thanks to PVC-U solutions

Hazel Verschuere, building products director from Deeplas, highlights some of the wide-ranging PVC-U product choices that can deliver budgetary and operational advantages for housing associations.

Housing associations must continually optimise the support and services they provide, while at the same time delivering high levels of tenant comfort and satisfaction.

As a result, it is important product specification choices take account of upfront costs, material performance, aesthetics, and ongoing maintenance commitments. Of these, any reduction in repair and maintenance can help cut financial pressures.

Indoor living

Getting properties ready for new tenants can often mean meeting tight construction or renovation timescales.

For indoor spaces, the ability to provide attractive and hard-wearing PVC-U alternatives to traditional timber-led solutions for skirting and architrave – which are also quicker to install – can help make a positive contribution when dealing with looming deadlines.

Deeplas’ Roomline PVC-U skirting and architrave solutions require no painting, staining, or sanding and are rapidly installed. Manufactured as a hollow PVC-U extrusion, the aesthetically pleasing skirting and architraves are tough enough to withstand wear and tear and are cleaned with a simple wipe.

Alongside the kitchen, tenants focus on the look and functionality of bathrooms as an important part of their living space experience.

Deeplas’ extensive range of shower panels has been designed specifically to fit modern 900mm width shower trays. With no grouting required, they are a quick and straightforward way to provide a high-quality finish to any bathroom. The absence of grouting means potential problems associated with mould growth are removed and maintenance needs are drastically reduced.

Better external spaces

It is essential all components of the roofline work effectively to ensure the highest standards of building protection, as well as kerbside appeal.

Deeplas’ range of fascia boards, capping boards, vented soffit boards, and hollow soffit boards, as well as roofline and window trims, are manufactured using sustainably created dense PVC-U extrusions guaranteed for many years of superior performance.

Available in a range of attractive colour options, the quality driven components help protect roofscapes, reduce maintenance commitments, and deliver a long-lasting, cost-effective solution.

The installation of cladding on external walls can be an ideal budget-conscious method to update or restore the external appearance of buildings, and, at the same time, improve the thermal efficiency of the dwelling.

Deeplas’ Twinson 100% recyclable cladding solution combines wood and PVC-U and is popular as a way of enhancing both the aesthetic appeal of homes and to help tenants benefit from energy efficiency improvements.

Composite fencing is also a stylish and easy to install way to protect gardens and create a contemporary look and feel to delight tenants. It is an environmentally friendly choice as it is manufactured from 75% recycled materials.

Providing a 20-year guarantee and needing little or no maintenance, composite fencing can be an ideal and cost-effective replacement for timber fence panels that inevitably deteriorate and require maintenance.

Today’s range of internal and external PVC-U solutions offers sustainable, guaranteed, high performing answers that combine aesthetic appeal with whole lifecycle cost efficiencies, as well as guaranteed low or no repair and maintenance requirements that can help boost hard-pressed budgets.

For more information, please visit: https://www.deeplas.co.uk/