Window & Facade Magazine - 2nd Anniversary Issue

Page 19

Roofing

Standing Seam Roof About the Author:

Vijaynath Shetty, Founder & Managing Director, Vijaynath Roof & Wall Cladding Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Vijaynath Vittal Shetty started the firm Vijaynath Interiors & Exteriors Pvt. Ltd. in 1992, and later diversified into dealing in interior and exterior architectural products. Now it has become India’s premier architectural solutions provider having a turnover of over Rs. 82 crores and employee strength of over 200. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company, renamed as Vijaynath Roof & Wall Cladding Systems Pvt. Ltd, has branch offices in Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur and Mangalore. It has full-fledged in-house facilities like design studio, engineering and fabrication expertise and networking with global materials manufacturers to independently undertake turnkey installation of highly specialized industrial and heavy duty roofing and exterior work. The company’s clientele include prestigious names like Mercedes Benz, Ichiban Honda, Delhi Airport, Lucknow Airport, Kempe Gowda International Airport (BIAL), Bangalore and Cochin International Airport.

Standing seam roof is a roofing profile which is quite old in the international roofing industry, but new in the Indian market. Standing seam is a non-piercing roof. The roofing profile is roll formed at site and it is seamed on the side laps; that’s why it is called standing seam roof. Applications Standing seam is normally used in the roof. The aluminium roofing can achieve various shapes and still the roof can be leak proof. It is also widely used for wall cladding because it give a neat look. Standing seam roof can be used for very low slope as low as 1.5�. Standing seam are available in various sizes/profiles like SS 2000, MR- 24,65/400 by Kingspan, 32/320 by Vijaynath etc. This standing seam is available mostly in Steel Galavalume by most of the vendors/manufactures and in aluminium by Kingspan. Standing seam was first introduced in the country by M/s Interarch building Products. In steel the thickness ranges from 0.60mm

Ichiban Honda, Mumbai

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