Moreton Deakin keeps a weather eye on CaberShieldPlus

A burgeoning new building company, based in the beautiful but often challenging surroundings of West Yorkshire, is making full and effective use of West Fraser’s CaberShieldPlus to protect its floor installations from the worst of the country’s notoriously variable weather conditions.

Moreton Deakin Construction was set up some 18 months ago by Luke Milner and Sam Moreton Deakin to help meet work demands generated by the latter’s successful architectural practice, with most of the work being generated through existing architecture clients that the company offers design and cost advice to during the planning process.  Logically, the company is best placed to carry out the project as the planning process has resulted in an understanding of the client’s specific requirements and any potential risks. Operating primarily across the Calder Valley and wider Yorkshire area, current projects include three large bespoke houses including associated pool house, a 3000sq/ft warehouse for a steel fabricator and conversion of an existing mill into 13 apartments.

Joint Managing Director, Luke Milner comments: “I have worked for a number of main contractors, including BAM, but have known Sam for a long time, and have watched his architectural business grow.  While the first couple of jobs that we undertook came through the architecture side, work now is 50-50 with other clients; while our ethos remains the same – to ensure that customers get something that they can afford and that is fit-for-purpose.

“Obviously the weather can be quite severe up here in Yorkshire and whether it is a new house, an extension or a commercial build, we make sure the specification is going to stand up to the rain as well as the other, practical challenges.  And West Fraser’s CaberShieldPlus is something I’d used a number of times in the past as a very robust, fully protected flooring solution.

“We specify it mainly for the first or upper floors, where it is going to be exposed for a period of two months or more.  It is one of the few products we are aware of that will cope with such conditions and it’s easy to use.  It stands the test of time, is quick to install, and it’s a good, efficient product that our joiners like to use”.

CaberShieldPlus is a durable, P5 flooring which features a permanent, waterproof coating on both sides.  Almost exclusively preferred now to P4 boards – for both new-build and refurbishment applications, the P5 particleboard panels are able to withstand the unpredictable British climate without deterioration.

The tongue and groove TG4 profile product is available as 18 or 22mm thick sheets, measuring 2400 x 600mm, making it easy to install and provides excellent load-carrying capacity without needing noggins.  As well as housebuilding, CaberShieldPlus is suitable for schools, hospitals and commercial applications.

Like many contractors, Moreton Deakin Construction chooses to install CaberShieldPlus using West Fraser’s solvent-free CaberFix D4 – part of its CaberFix range, which is a one-component polyurethane adhesive also suitable for use with CaberFloor and CaberDek boards.  It allows the user to see where a seal is made and is ideal for both bonding flooring boards to joists and securing T&G joints; as well as for sealing the edges of boards. 

To find out more about West Fraser’s products for housebuilders, get in touch with Dan Clarke – email Daniel.Clarke@westfraser.com or download product brochures from the housebuilder page of the West Fraser website https://uk.westfraser.com/housebuilders/