Existing Build Ecobead Platinum

The Installation of Ecobead Platinum is both simple and efficient.  A series of 22mm holes are drilled in such a way to guarantee complete fill of the cavity every time.  The injection nozzle is placed in each hole, the system set into motion and the polystyrene beads injected into the cavity under pressure, having been coated in a thin uniform layer of adhesive.  When each hole is filled the backpressure causes the system to shut down, thus cancelling out the possibility of overfills.  This process is carried out on every injection hole from the lowest level to the highest, thus guaranteeing a complete fill of the cavity every time.  

Due to the unique flow characteristics of Ecobead Platinum within a cavity wall situation, the number of holes required is kept to a minimum.  This can be approximately half the number of holes drilled by installers using various other types of materials. 

This specially adapted drilling pattern leaves the making good process on all existing properties much easier than some other systems, due to the reduced number of injection holes and the fact that each is only 22mm in diameter. 

Advantages of Ecobead Platinum

• Further Reduces heat loss by 15-20% through the walls, reducing fuel bills
• Better thermal performance than other systems due to low thermal conductivity (K Value = 0.033 W/m2K)
• Further reduces carbon dioxide emissions
• Improved Living conditions
• Constant density
• Will not crack or settle and full guarantee policy
• Will not transmit water
• Can be installed in all weather climates
• Cavity remains breathable
• Will function for the lifetime of the building
• Speedy Installation
• Minimum drilling and disruption

The table below shows u-values for some typical cavity wall construction before and after Ecobead Platinum is installed.  The term u-value is the rate to which heat passes through a wall: the higher the u-value the more rapidly heat is transmitted through the walls.

New Build Ecobead Platinum

The installation of Ecobead Platinum into a building under construction is both simple and efficient.  A series of 22mm holes are drilled on either the inside or outside leaf of the cavity wall.  The normal practice is to drill the inner leaf as the holes then disappear after plastering.

After drilling, the injection nozzle is placed in each hole, the system set into motion and the polystyrene beads injected into the cavity under pressure, having been coated in a thin uniform layer of adhesive.  When each hole is filled the backpressure causes the system to shut down, thus cancelling out the possibility of overfills.  This process is carried out on every injection hole from the lowest level to the highest.

The table below shows typical u-values achieved by Ecobead Platinum using various construction types and cavity walls.