Roofing Corrugated and Twin Rib Metallic Plastic Material (D12/7) Philippines

Ventilating your home
By Dianne Lee, Construction Philippines

Summer in the Philippines can really be hot. Unless you have money to spend on electricity for air-conditioning, 3-months of summer can be very uncomfortable especially for infants. Generally a tropical house is built with large windows, awning and wind access on all four sides. However, urbanization has limited space thus limited ventilation as well. Worse, more and more Filipinos have lost the love for nature, particularly trees and gardens that naturally makes homes cooler and fresher.

Studies show that 75% of the heat inside your home comes through the roof. This is specially true to about 90% of houses in the Philippines which are constructed using metal roofs with low ceiling. Unlike in the provinces, homes are usually cooler because homes are near trees and the use of “nipa” definitely cools the house.

When the sun heats your roof, it radiates the heat energy into the house. In the evening, heat from the sun-baked roof and walls will begin to diffuse inside the house within a few hours. This will create a warm condition, even though nightfall has arrived.

Another reason is through heat and humidity. If you leave your windows open in summer, you will invite “hot air” to come inside your homes. If you combine this with high humidity, you will create your own steam room effect known as convection.

If you live in dense areas where you have neighbors that have low metal roof, the heat that comes from it is transferred to your house. The bake-hot concrete road also contributes in transferring some of its heat to your house. This is known as conduction where outside heat elements are transferred to your homes.

Thus your house gets heated in three ways… by Radiation, Convection and Conduction.

Introducing.......

METALPLAS is the only thermoplastic roofing sheet manufactured in the Philippines using top-of-the line German-made machines and imploring German technology, being the foremost authority on the manufacture of plastic products in the world. It is the onlyPhilippine-made plastic roofing sheet which is being exported and accepted abroad.
 
METALPLAS is very suitable for industrial, commercial, agriculture and residential buildings. 

METALPLAS has a very high resistance against corrosive elements and will never rust. It has very high thermal insulating properties making it unnecessary for roof insulation for most applications. It is non-flammable and can be supplied in made-to-order lengths subject to shipping limitations. 

Through constant development and product upgrading for the past 17 years, METALPLAS is now at the forefront in the plastic roofing industry in the country.

Technical Specifications

RUST-FREE & CORROSION-RESISTANT

METALPLAS is very well-suited to corrosive conditions particularly industrial institutions (factories & chemical complexes),

 for agricultural applications & seaside areas.

ALL WEATHER ROOFING

METALPLAS withstands nature's elements. Due to its outstanding physical properties, METALPLAS sheets can be exposed 

to sun and rain without any adverse effect on it. It is highly ultra-violet (UV) rays stabilized.

NON-FLAMMABLE

METALPLAS is self-extinguishing. When exposed to fire, METALPLAS will carbonize. There will be no melted plastic droplets

 and will not spread fire.

SUPER-COOL

METALPLAS dramatically reduces heat stresses by its high heat reflectivity (reducing significantly roofing surface temperature)

 & as a plastic material which is already a heat insulator.

TOUGH & DURABLE

METALPLAS has a high impact strength and can be walked upon without the fear of breaking. A 32-ton truck can run over 

METALPLAS without damage.

COST EFFECTIVE

METALPLAS is opaque & available in white (maximum reflectivity), light blue, light green, beige colors and in

 skylight (translucent). You save more because there is no painting needed.

FAST & EASY INSTALLATION

METALPLAS can be installed using the most common types of roof fasteners.

LONG-SPAN

METALPLAS is available in commercial & long span sizes to provide flexibility and cost savings on end-lapping.

FLEXIBLE

METALPLAS can be easily bended. Flat sheets can be fabricated to bended panels using ordinary sheet benders..

HIGHLY STABILIZED AGAINST UV DEGRADATION

METALPLAS eliminates the perennial problem of brittleness associated with ordinary plastic roofings with its 

unique ability to withstand the sun's ultraviolet rays which causes brittleness in ordinary plastics.

EXPORTED ABROAD

METALPLAS is exported and used in other countries.