{"id":3243,"date":"2024-11-14T15:51:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T15:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/docs\/uncategorized\/which-pir-insulation-is-used-for-installing-a-compact-roof-warm-bitumen\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T13:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:20:07","password":"","slug":"which-pir-insulation-is-used-for-installing-a-compact-roof-warm-bitumen","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/docs\/flat-roof-systems\/which-pir-insulation-is-used-for-installing-a-compact-roof-warm-bitumen\/","title":{"rendered":"Which PIR insulation is used for installing a compact roof (warm bitumen)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a compact roof system, where the various layers are bonded together using warm bitumen, a PIR insulation board with a mineral glass fleece facing is applied (<a href=\"https:\/\/eu.iko.com\/en\/product\/insulation\/iko-enertherm-mg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"394\">IKO enertherm MG<\/strong><\/a>). These MG boards can be bonded both to the substrate with warm bitumen and to the bituminous roofing membrane installed on top.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A major advantage of this type of roof construction is that the entire build-up forms a single, cohesive unit, making <strong data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"667\">compartmentalization<\/strong> unnecessary. Leaks in this type of assembly are very rare, and if they do occur, they are easier to detect and locate. The correct product selection and fastening method are always specified in the applicable <strong data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"908\">certificates of conformity<\/strong> for the application.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/31033050-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3233\" style=\"width:570px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/31033050-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/31033050-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/31033050-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/31033050-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/31033050-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/31033050-1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>IKO Enertherm MG<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a compact roof system, where the various layers are bonded together using warm bitumen, a PIR insulation board with a mineral glass fleece facing is applied (IKO enertherm MG). These MG boards can be bonded both to the substrate with warm bitumen and to the bituminous roofing membrane installed on top. A major advantage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"doc_category":[63],"doc_tag":[65,882,332,334],"glossaries":[],"class_list":["post-3243","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-flat-roof-systems","doc_tag-flat-roof","doc_tag-hot-bitumen","doc_tag-insulation","doc_tag-pir-en"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":117,"total_views":"266","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Luna Degraeve","author_nicename":"luna","author_url":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/author\/luna\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Flat roof systems","term_url":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/docs-category\/flat-roof-systems\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"Flat roof","term_url":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/docs-tag\/flat-roof\/"},{"term_name":"hot bitumen","term_url":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/docs-tag\/hot-bitumen\/"},{"term_name":"Insulation","term_url":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/docs-tag\/insulation\/"},{"term_name":"pir","term_url":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/docs-tag\/pir-en\/"}],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3244,"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3243\/revisions\/3244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=3243"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3243"},{"taxonomy":"glossaries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikoknowledgecenter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossaries?post=3243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}