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Masonary Materials
Aerated concrete
Bricks - ordinary
Calcium silicate
Composite insulating blocks
Concrete blocks
Flettons
Hydraulic lime
Lightweight aggregate
Ordinary portland cement
Perforated clay
Pure lime
Reclaimed bricks
Soft mud
Stone


Structural
Concrete frame
Concrete blocks
Timber frame
Rammed earth
Adobe / Cinva Ram earthblocks

Steel
Strawbale

Insulation
Cellulose fibres
Compressed straw slabs
Cork
Foamed glass
Glass wool
Phenolic foam
Plastic foams
Polystyrene, EPS, XPS
Rigid urethane foams
Rock wool
Slag wool
Softboard bitumen
Softboard
Urea Formaldehyde
Vermiculite
Woodwool
Wool

Composite Boards
Plwood
Blockboard
Chipboard
Decorative laminates
High density fiberboard
Medium density fiberboard
Orientated strand board
STRAMIT
Straw board
Tectan
Trex timber
Wheat-straw
Wood-wool cement slabs
Softboard bitumen
Softboard

Floor Coverings
Acrylic
Butadine
Carpet fibres
Coir
Cork
Cotton
Earth floors
Exposed floorboards
Felt
Hessian
Latex
Linoleum
Nylon
Polyester
Polythylene
Polypropylene
Polyurethane foam
PVC
Sea grass
Sisal
Stone flooring
Synthetic foams and rubbers
Wood floors

Roofing Membranes
Bitumen with organic felt
EPDM sheet
Glass fibre felt
Mastic asphalt
Modified butiumen felt rubber
Modified bitumen felt
Polyester fibre felt

Roofing Materials
Aluminium sheet
Asphalt tiles
Bamboo
Clay tiles
Concrete tiles
Copper sheet
Glass fibre
Lead sheet
Sheet metal roofing
Slates
Stainless steel sheet
Synthetic polymer fibre
Thatching
Wooden shakes

Window Frames
Aluminium
PVCU
Steel
Timber

Finishes
Acrylic paints
Clay tech
FSC wallpaper
Gypsum
Lime mortar
Limewash
Mineral paint
Natural paints
Oil paints
Polished hard plaster
Recycled wallpaper
Tiling
Vinyl emulsion paint
Vinyl wall coverings
Wallpaper paste and adhesives
Wallpaper

Paint Products/Joinery
Plant based paint
Plant based water-bourne
Synthetic solvent

Electrical wiring/Trunking and ducting
Brass
Copper
Natural rubber
Nylon
Phenol formaldehyde (Bakerlite)
Plywood
Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Synthetic rubbers
Zinc galvanised steel

Timber Preservatives
Arsenic Based Chemicals
Boron Compounds
Chromium salts
Coal tar creosote
Copper Salts
Dichlofluanid -a fungicide
Fluorides
Permethrin
Tributyl tin oxide

Services - Toilets
Clivus multrum
Composting toilet twin vault
Composting toilet
Dewatering

Low flush
WC local ecological treatment
WC sewer and public treatment
WC and septic tank



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Petrolium Products - Generally
Plastic Foams
Synthetic Fibres Foams & Sheeting
Synthetic Resins
Resins


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CATEGORISED ALPHABETICAL
LIST OF MATERIALS/PRODUCTS


Biologically based
Adobe / Cinva Ram earthblocks
Bamboo
Blockboard
Butadine
Carpet fibres
Cellulose fibres

Chipboard
Coir
Compressed straw slabs
Cork

Cotton
Earth floors
Exposed floorboards
Felt
FSC wallpaper
Hessian
High density fiberboard
Latex
Linoleum
Medium density fiberboard
Natural rubber

Orientated strand board
Plwood
Rammed earth
Softboard

Softboard bitumen

STRAMIT
Straw board

Sea grass
Sisal
Strawbale

Stone flooring

SoftboardThatching
Timber frameTimber
Wallpaper
Wooden shakes
Wood floors
Woodwool
Wool

Non Synthetic
Aerated concrete
Aluminium
Aluminium sheet

Asphalt tiles

Bitumen with organic felt
Brass

Bricks - ordinary

Calcium silicate
Copper
Clay tech
Clay tiles
Concrete blocks
Concrete tiles
Copper sheet
Flettons
Foamed glass
Glass fibre
Glass fibre felt
Glass wool
Gypsum
Hydraulic lime
Lead sheet
Lightweight aggregate
Lime mortar
Mastic asphalt
Modified butiumen felt rubber
Modified bitumen felt
Ordinary portland cement
Reclaimed bricks
Perforated clay
Polished hard plaster

Pure lime
Rock wool
Sheet metal roofing
Slag wool
Slates

Soft mud
Steel
Stone

Tiling
Vermiculite
Zinc galvanised steel


Treatments/Chemical/Adhesives
Acrylic paints
Arsenic Based Chemicals
Boron Compounds
Chromium salts
Coal tar creosote
Copper Salts
Dichlofluanid -a fungicide
Fluorides
Limewash
Mineral paint
Natural paints
Oil paints

Permethrin
Plant based paint
Plant based water-bourne
Synthetic solvent
Tributyl tin oxide
Vinyl emulsion paint
Wallpaper paste and adhesives

Synthetic Materials
Acrylic
Decorative laminates
EPDM sheet
Nylon
Phenol formaldehyde (Bakerlite)
Phenolic foam
Plastic foams
Polyester
Polyester fibre felt
Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Polystyrene, EPS, XPS
Polythylene
Polyurethane foam
PVC

PVCU
Rigid urethane foams
Synthetic foams and rubbers
Synthetic polymer fibre
Synthetic rubbers
Tectan
Trex timber
Urea Formaldehyde
Vinyl wall coverings

Recycled
cellulose
Stainless steel sheet
Tectan - Yogurt pots
Trex timber
Tyres
wallpaper

Hi-Tech Products/Building Services
PV units
Solar collectors
Waste treatment
Water collection
Wind turbines


Composite materials
Composite insulating blocks
Plywood

Softboard bitumen
Wheat-straw
Wood-wool cement slabs


Services
Clivus multrum
Composting toilet twin vault
Composting toilet
Dewatering

Low flush
WC local ecological treatment
WC sewer and public treatment
WC and septic tank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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