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Location · Hampshire · South East

Commercial spray foam insulation in Portsmouth

For a Portsmouth roof or steel enclosure, we assess condition and moisture alongside the working arrangements of the site.

LOCALPortsmouth: 119 m² of box profile roof underside treated with closed-cell foam and an intumescent coating.

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  • Over 20 years' experience
  • Thousands of projects
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  • 25 year workmanship warranty
  • Free, no-obligation survey

Enquiries received before 3pm on a working day are contacted the same day; after 3pm, the next working day.

CoverageCovered from HOLVEM's Weybridge depot, one of four depots (Weybridge, Bedford, Manchester, Exeter) that give HOLVEM nationwide coverage.

01Start with your building

Pick the building, or the surface the foam goes onto.

Portsmouth's commercial context includes the international port and industrial premises on Walton Road. The local roof project and nearby container work offer different scopes for storage and working spaces.

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All building types
Inside a large distribution warehouse: tall pallet racking under a high profiled steel roof, its underside sprayed in a continuous closed-cell layer.Warehouse and distribution roof insulationCondensation off the racking and the stock, one bay at a time while the floor keeps working. A long industrial unit seen along its length: lattice steel roof trusses and a profiled metal roof sprayed from beneath, strip lights below.Industrial unit and factory insulationApplied from below zone by zone, so production carries on around the work. A shipping container converted to a workspace, its steel walls seen from the open doors.Shipping container insulationSteel that sweats on every cold morning, sealed from inside into a dry, usable space. A school hall exterior with a wide flat roof and rooflights on a quiet morning.School building insulationTreated out of term, the roof and soffits sealed from below. The interior of a large aircraft hangar, its curved roof structure above an empty floor.Aircraft hangar insulationTall arched and portal-frame roofs at scale, sprayed from lifts and towers. All building typesTwenty-one building types: the problem each one has, and how the work is phased around it.Browse

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All applications
An empty unit floor looking towards an open roller-shutter door: the whole profiled steel roof and its purlins sprayed from beneath, rooflights left clear.Spray foam to a profiled metal roof undersideThe sheet stays as the weather line; the layer closes laps, fixings and purlin flanges from below. A pitched steel truss roof fully sprayed from beneath in a continuous pale closed-cell layer, light battens hanging below.Corrosion of metal roofsFixings and purlins first All applicationsEleven surfaces: what happens to each one, in what order, and how you know it was done properly.Browse

02Recent projects · Nearby

Recent projects in and around Portsmouth.

The Portsmouth installation includes an intumescent coating on a defined metal roof area. The nearby installations add containers, roof-and-wall work and a hangar used as a sound stage. Identify the surface and site use in Start a project brief.

Inside the hangar sound stage after the work: the whole corrugated roof and its steel trusses under a continuous pale open-cell layer, the stage floor cleared below.Project recordNearby Black Hangar Studios, Alton The 4000 m² hangar used as a film sound stage had a corrugated asbestos-cement roof that drummed in wind and rain.
  • 4000 m² of hangar roof
  • 25 mm closed-cell base, 150 to 200 mm open-cell over it
  • Studio reported rain drumming virtually eliminated
Read the record Inside the treated storage container at The Regis School: walls, ceiling and end in a continuous cream closed-cell layer, the corrugations still legible beneath it.Project recordNearby The Regis School, Bognor Regis One steel storage container was emptied, sheeted and internally encapsulated at 25 mm in a day.
  • About 115 m² of internal container surface
  • 25 mm closed-cell to every internal face
  • School reported: no more condensation raining inside
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Recent installs near Portsmouth

  • LocalPortsmouthCommercial charity premisesBox profile metal roof underside119 m²Closed-cell spray foam with an intumescent coating
  • NearbyBognor RegisSports centre storage containersWalls, ends and ceilingsClosed-cell spray foam
  • NearbyRopleyCommercial industrial unitBox profile roof and wallsClosed-cell spray foam

Have a roof or soffit in Portsmouth like these?Five photographs from the floor are often enough for a same-day direction. Before 3pm on a working day, we contact you the same day.

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03Why Portsmouth buildings need it

Port operations and industrial premises

Portsmouth’s commercial buildings serve goods handling and industrial activity alongside working port premises. Treatment access and the conditions inside the building both belong in the roof specification. Read warehouse and distribution roof insulation.

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    Portsmouth City Council describes its international port as including two deep-water conventional quays and the Camber commercial docks.

    Source: Portsmouth City Council, Portsmouth international port
  2. S2

    JLL identifies Railway Triangle, while Lambert Smith Hampton lists units at Solent 27 on Walton Road.

    Source: JLL, Industrial logistics property to rent portsmouth

04How a job runs

Photographs or a survey, a specification, then the application.

The same three stages on every HOLVEM job, in Portsmouth or anywhere else. You bring the building and what is bothering you about it; we bring the rest, in this order.

STAGE 01Show the sheet surface, supports and adjoining areas, with water entry or corrosion marked where visible

STAGE 02Assess the construction and moisture before agreeing insulation and any required coating

STAGE 03Coordinate preparation and application with the site's responsible contact and working access

How a job runs, in full

05Straight answers

The questions Portsmouth building owners ask first.

Answered the way the specialist answers them on the call. A question we have not covered? Ask it when we speak. No obligation.

Do you carry out commercial insulation in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth projects are covered from our Weybridge depot. Identify the premises, treatment surface and site contact, including port or estate access arrangements where relevant. Start a project brief.
What local Portsmouth installation is recorded?
The local project covers 119 m² beneath a box profile metal roof at commercial charity premises, using closed-cell foam and an intumescent coating. Read spray foam to a profiled metal roof underside for the application.
Can you assess work around a Portsmouth storage operation?
Show the treatment area in relation to stored goods and handling routes. Discuss what can be cleared or made available before preparation and application are agreed. Use Send photographs.
What should a port or council-owned premises enquiry include?
Identify who commissions and agrees the proposed building work, then provide the construction, area and access restrictions. Those arrangements should be established for the particular premises through Start a project brief.
How quickly will you contact me about Portsmouth work?
Enquiries received before 3pm on a working day are contacted the same day; after 3pm, the next working day. Add the site contact and any handling or access restrictions when you Send photographs.
Where can I find costs for a Portsmouth roof or container?
The commercial spray foam cost guide gives the published guidance. Define the included surfaces and any coating requirement so the quotation addresses the right scope.
Can coating and warranty information be considered together?
25 year HOLVEM workmanship warranty, plus the manufacturer’s 25 year product warranty issued directly to you. Supply the proposed coating requirement and the owner's documentation needs with the building details. We can discuss the warranty cover alongside the agreed treatment specification. Start a project brief.

06Nearby areas

Also covered from the Weybridge depot.

Assessing premises outside Portsmouth as well? Give each town and its site arrangements, with the roof or enclosure scope identified separately.

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The next step

Your Portsmouth building.
Your brief.
A specialist.

If you already know the thickness or U-value you need, we price to it and confirm it is right for the building; if not, we work it out with you. A brief takes about five minutes and photographs are welcome. "Not sure" is a useful starting point.

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Or call . Enquiries received before 3pm on a working day are contacted the same day; after 3pm, the next working day. A commitment to contact, not a quotation, a survey or a price.

WarrantyA 25-year HOLVEM workmanship warranty, plus the manufacturer's 25-year product warranty, issued directly to the client by the manufacturer. The scope of each is set out in its written terms.

HOLVEM is an accredited installer for the manufacturer of the spray foam systems we apply.

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