The fashion for modularity in architecture
Architecture is one of the most important components of any place. Appropriate design and material selection can have a significant impact on the overall appearance and style of a building, as well as its durability and functionality. In recent years, there has been an increase in interest in new trends in architecture, especially in the field of solutions that use modular technologies.
When we talk about construction, one of the hottest trends lately is the construction of modular houses. Prefabricated elements are ready-made building elements that are designed, manufactured and sold by the manufacturer. More and more people are choosing to build a prefabricated house because it offers many advantages over traditional house building methods. Building a prefabricated house is faster and more effective than traditional house construction. Most prefab homes can be constructed in a matter of weeks or even months, significantly reducing the time it takes to build a home traditionally. In addition, building elements are produced in production plants that are equipped with appropriate tools and machinery, as well as established procedures and techniques, thanks to which they are manufactured in accordance with defined standards. The situation is similar with the production of modular metal roofing tiles. What are the differences and advantages of this type of products?
Bratex Savanna flat modular metal roofing tiles
Modular roof, or how it all started
The history of metal roofing tiles offered in small sheets has been going on for over 25 years. Initially, these were products manufactured in Scandinavia, with features that made it easier to fold the four corners, where four thicknesses of sheet metal were layered. Unfortunately, at that time in Poland, metal roofing tiles were a novelty and in the face of trapezoidal sheets, which were offered in fixed dimensions in the early 90s, metal roofing tiles reflected the needs of every customer and roofer - one dimension for the full length of the rafter. Metal roofing tiles were produced to order for customers, even 9 meters long, which made transport and carrying the product to the roof surface much more difficult. However, the most common solution for long roofs were two sheets 3 - 5 meters long, which were joined crosswise.
Despite the fact that every compact metal roof tile offered on the market today is called a modular metal roof tile, not every one of them has the features of a product that can be called modular. Metal roof tile has the right to be called modular not because it is available in short sheets but because each sheet is an element of a system, an element of a puzzle with specific assumptions, features and requirements.
What distinguishes Bratex modular metal roof tiles?
A real modular metal roof tile solves the known inconveniences and disadvantages of ordinary metal roof tiles cut to length. Sheets of a real modular roof tile must have special embossing, endings, embossing and other features that allow it to be considered as a system element, i.e. the proverbial puzzle where one element fits perfectly with another, nothing sticks out and everything fits evenly.
Openness to new solutions has accompanied Bratex Dachy Mrzygłód from the very beginning of the company's existence. Already in 1996, they started cooperation with a leading producer of high-strength steel. The Scandinavian concern SSAB is a strategic supplier of lacquered sheets based on biotechnology for the Bratex brand. The materials provided by SSAB allow for lighter roofing products while maintaining their highest durability.
Our company Bratex Dachy Mrzygłód introduced the first modular metal roofing tile in 2015. It was during this period that we created a definition of modular metal roofing tiles, which explained why the product is modular. We conducted hundreds of training sessions, trained thousands of people, passing on knowledge and arguments about the superiority of real modular metal roofing tiles over conventional ones, i.e. cut to size. The company created a concept of products with special technical, aesthetic and functional features, making them real modular metal roofing tiles. Sheets of modular metal roofing tiles are connected in a strictly defined way, guaranteeing a real modular roof.
Bratex Scandinavia modular metal roof tile
In the offer of Bratex Dachy Mrzygłód we can find:
3 modular metal roof tiles:
A novelty on the market - a hybrid metal roof tile
With the development of the Bratex product range, it was introduced for sale in 2019 hybrid metal roof tile, which is offered in compact sheets and in sizes up to four meters long. Hybrid metal roofing tiles combine the features of modular metal roofing tiles, i.e. they have features that influence the correct assembly of the sheets, which are part of the system, i.e. the puzzle. Hybrid metal roofing tiles can also be cut to any size, without any unattainable ranges, with an accuracy of one millimeter.
Bratex Centro hybrid steel roof tile
Due to the fact that hybrid metal roofing tiles are an extension of the possibilities offered by modular metal roofing tiles, the company has created a definition of "system metal roofing tiles", which include:
- system modular roof tiles
- system hybrid metal roof tiles
Thus, "system roof tiles" are the so-called product umbrella over modular and hybrid ones.
In the offer of Bratex Dachy Mrzygłód we can find:
2 hybrid metal roof tiles:
Bratex products – offer and materials
Bratex products are available in a wide range of colours and material variants, thanks to which they can be adapted to the colour of the building's facade. Thanks to cooperation with the renowned Scandinavian manufacturer of painted sheets SSAB, products are created with quality standards exceeding European standards. The sheets are protected with a special zinc layer weighing 350 grams per m², which is 27% better protection compared to traditional solutions. Thanks to this, the manufacturer offers the longest warranty on the market - a 75-year functionality guarantee and a 35-year colour retention guarantee. The original palette of ten completely new colours, Ceramic Matt Pro BT coatings, which are available only in the Bratex brand offer (Residential Buildings Design Colors), are enjoying increasing interest. The top material variants are coatings based on BT bio technology (Bio-based Technology). It is a lower burden on the natural environment by eliminating the release of harmful substances into the air. In the final paint coating, a large part of petroleum derivatives was replaced with methyl ester of Swedish rapeseed oil. Bratex Dachy system roofing sheets are innovative products that provide all the required features and benefits. They are easy to install and transport, durable and aesthetic. They are the perfect solution that will ensure durability and aesthetics for many years.
We invite you to familiarize yourself with the full offer of Bratex system roof tiles and see how our solutions can revolutionize your roof – aesthetically, functionally and for years.
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