NFRC spearheads ‘torch-on’ membranes safety campaign for flat roofs

In a bid to reduce the number of fires caused by the inappropriate use of gas torches on flat and low slope roofs, The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) - the UK’s largest roofing trade association - has spearheaded a safety campaign to alert roofing contractors, architects and specifiers to the potential dangers of torch-on membranes and the fact that contractors may not be insured to do the work. After having identified a number of common flat roofing trouble spots - where flat roofs abut pitched roofs, where there are flammable materials and in the gaps between the