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US 2022/0403662 A1Published application
Inverted roof
AssigneePittsburgh Corning Europe NV
InventorsEllen Kuppens, Clive Lindsay
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Abstract
An inverted roof and a method of installing the inverted roof, and in particular to an inverted roof including cellular glass insulation material having a protective alkali silicate coating on the upper surface of the cellular glass insulation material.
Claims20
An inverted roof comprising:
- a roof deck, a cellular glass insulation layer and a waterproofing layer;
- and wherein
- the roof deck supports the waterproofing layer and cellular glass insulation layer;
- the waterproofing layer is positioned between the roof deck and the cellular glass insulation layer;
- and
- the cellular glass insulation layer comprises one or more layers of cellular glass insulation material and the uppermost layer of cellular glass insulation material includes a protective coating on its uppermost surface, such that the protective coating forms an upper face of the cellular glass insulation layer, and wherein the protective coating comprises an alkali silicate.
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A method of installing an inverted roof, the method comprising the steps of:
- (i) installing a waterproofing layer to a roof deck;
- and then
- (ii) installing a cellular glass insulation layer to the waterproofing layer and roof deck so that the waterproofing layer is positioned in between the roof deck and the cellular glass insulation layer;
- and wherein the cellular glass insulation layer comprises one or more layers of cellular glass insulation material and the uppermost layer of cellular glass insulation material includes a protective coating on its uppermost surface, such that the protective coating forms an upper face of the cellular glass insulation layer, and wherein the protective coating comprises an alkali silicate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.