TilesOut covers roofs with sheets made of plastic clingfilm and bubble wrap

StartupRealities No 148

TilesOut is an architecture design and construction company which has developed and patented new house roofing technology based on thick layers of alternating plastic cling film and bubble wrap. The roofing material is continuously applied on a roof beam structure by a robotic arm resembling the flying shuttle of a textile loom, suspended from a cherry picker. The thickness of the roofing sheets reaches up to 50 layers of alternating clingfilm and wrap, with minimal weight.

ADVANTAGES
The new roofing material has several advantages over traditional ceramic or bitumen tiles:
1) light weight;
2) translucent to sunlight (without being fully transparent);
3) providing perfect heat insulation in winter;
4) flexible and pliable (unlike corrugated PVC roofing sheets, which are brittle);
5) continuously applied on site, so no preliminary calculations and delivery specifications are needed;
6) easily repairable by applying more layers of sheeting.

CEO QUOTE
"At TilesOut we are proud of our contribution to the construction industry but even more so of the lifestyle changes we bring with our roof design. Traditionally, the loft space under a tile roof used to be dark and useless. While making a roof useful with a loft conversion would usually cost a lot of money. TilesOut turns the house roof into a translucent ceiling that creates airy and spacious rooms full of light. That's why we also call our technology #RoofCeiling," said TilesOut founder and CEO Tilda Outbridge.

Cherry-picker type aerial platform
(image source: Wikipedia)

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