Whitepapers
Fire
Fire Safety
Recommendations regarding fire safety on balconies in high rise residential blocks.
Download WhitepaperLaminate glass and the cladding ban
This Whitepaper looks at laminate glass used in balconies and balustrades and how it is affected by the Combustible Cladding Ban.
Download WhitepaperInset balconies
Why and how to use aluminium rather than concrete?
The benefits of using Sapphire’s Glide-On balconies for insets
Download WhitepaperInset Balconies in Canada
This whitepaper aims to provide an overview of how inset balconies in Canada can be completed using a Glide-On system.
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Operations & Embodied Carbon – Whitepaper
Whitepaper exploring carbon-neutral construction of residential buildings and operational, and embodied carbon emissions of balconies.
Download WhitepaperMinimising Balcony Heat Loss – Whitepaper
In high rise buildings, balcony connections are one of the biggest areas of potential thermal bridging when done incorrectly.
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Download WhitepaperBalcony drainage
NZ: Leaky balconies and drainage – Whitepaper
This whitepaper identifies what you need to know to avoid drainage problems on your balconies
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This document is intended to give an overview of the design philosophy behind the Sapphire drainage options.
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This whitepaper is an overview of the design philosophy behind the drainage options for balconies, as an aid to correct specification of balcony drainage in Canada.
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BS8579 - Whitepaper
This BS8579 whitepaper has been created to explore the recommendations on drainage, fire, inclusivity and more, in the new British Standard.
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Cost reduction does not have to mean you have to sacrifice some of the features that are important to hit budgets.
Download WhitepaperAchieving an accessible balcony threshold
This whitepaper explores the requirements of different guidance and standards for accessible balconies.
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UK: How to connect balconies to unitised façade builds – Whitepaper
We have completed this whitepaper to provide the reader with a clear overview of aluminium unitised panels.
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This whitepaper will explore how balconies can best connect with aluminium unitised panels.
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Quality control with digital traceability in construction - Whitepaper
Who is responsible for traceability in the industry and is digital the solution?
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