Builder-Owners

Better in many respects: the new second-generation KRONOTHERM flex scores points with outstanding product attributes and environmental benefits.

To meet the steadily growing need to protect the earth’s climate and conserve energy, KRONOPLY works steadfastly to make its product portfolio more innovative, more functional, and more conducive to healthy living. The new, improved generation of KRONOTHERM flex delivers a host of benefits for building new houses and refurbishing existing ones to enhance their energy efficiency, in the form of easier use and installation and optimised functionality.

Flexible between-rafters insulation that boasts excellent insulating values, is easy to wedge into cavities and stays firmly in place without settling

With the new KRONOTHERM generation, KRONOPLY now offers the ideal products for energy-efficient refurbishment and modernisation. KRONOTHERM flex is the perfect solution for any project to energetically optimise a building. The requirements vary for new houses, annexes, attic enlargement, addition of another storey, and refurbishment. More and more refurbishers and builder-owners, in addition to ensuring reliable and effective insulation, want to protect the environment and ensure healthy living. KRONOTHERM flex, an optimised, flexible between-rafters insulation made of natural wood fibre, achieves excellent insulating values. It additionally reduces the energy consumption of houses insulated with KRONOTHERM – thus conserving resources.

The new KRONOTHERM flex also offers even greater practical benefits than before: once wedged into cavities, it stays very firmly in place without settling. This makes it a very user-friendly insulation product. KRONOTHERM flex is quick and easy to install and always fits perfectly – thus ensuring consistently optimal results.

There are a number of possibilities for insulating walls and roofs in new houses or refurbishing existing ones to make them greener and more energy-efficient. For roofs, KRONO offers three insulation versions: for installation on rafters, under rafters and between rafters. In addition, there are a multitude of ways to implement wall and floor/ceiling insulation in new and old buildings. Despite this diversity, the use of innovative, water-vapour-permeable KRONOTHERM wood-fibre insulation always ensures the same, excellent results: namely, an optimal indoor climate in which occupants feel good.

New Information Sheet on On-Rafters Insulation for Downloading

A new information sheet devoted specifically to the use of KRONOTHERM flex as on-rafters insulation with visible rafters is now available for downloading.

For more information on products, how to use them, and technical data, simply use the mouse to point to “Products” in the menu bar at the top, then select KRONOTHERM flex by clicking on it.

Learn about KRONOTHERM feel-good houses and their satisfied occupants. We acquaint you with feel-good families that have made their dreams come true by building or refurbishing a house with KRONO system products.

You’ll find comprehensive information about KRONOTHERM flex in our brochure “KRONOTHERM Future users project”, which is available for downloading free of charge at Services -> Downloads under “Brochures”.

During installation, this natural insulating material already makes a convincing impression because it is pleasant to the touch and inherently very stiff.

The professional feel-good insulation KRONOTHERM flex makes sure that houses stay pleasantly cool in the summer and cosily warm in the winter.

Benefits of KRONOTHERM flex

Made from wood, a renewable raw material
Cheaper than non-compressible insulating materials
Lightweight
All work can be done from the outside
No need to strip anything to refurbish
No thermal bridges
No loss of space in attics
Fast, full-surface installation
Can be efficiently and effectively affixed with the HECO screw system
Excellent protection from summer heat
Excellent acoustic insulation
Airtight sealing layer easy to install (e.g. KRONOPLY OSB)
KRONOTEX DP50 as under-roof board on the outside

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Renovation of the Historic Bolter Mill on Lake Müritz in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to Create a Holiday and Recreation Centre with Hotel and Restaurant

This handsome brick building on Lake Müritz, Germany’s largest lake, dates back to 1665 and served as a watermill for centuries. Between 1928 and 1939 it was then used as an inn, and in 1949 was divided into flats and rented out as living space. When the last of the chimneys stopped working in 1992, the sole remaining tenant was forced to pack her bags. The main building, which has protected status as an historic structure, as well as all of the annexes are being restored and remodelled by Corinna and Tino Berger as a modern, open holiday and recreation centre with a hotel and restaurant.

Feel-Good Materials for a Future Feel-Good Site

On the website of the Bolter Mill, www.boltermuehle.de, the future operators write that once the remodelling work is finished they look forward to welcoming everyone who enjoys life: cyclists, mountain-bikers, hikers, families, children and young adults, nature lovers, sport enthusiasts, geocachers … young and old, whether they are from Mecklenburg or Bavaria, Germany or Argentina. And to make sure that these good-spirited people truly feel good in the new Bolter Mill, the owners are paying special attention to selecting top-quality, ecological and highly functional materials. For example, a total of about 450 square metres of KRONOTHERM flex, 160 mm is being used to insulate between the rafters, ceiling beams and floor joists. This flexible insulation ensures pleasantly cool indoor temperatures in the summertime and keeps the house cosily warm in the winter – in other words, it’s the ideal material for achieving the desired feel-good climate for visitors to the Bolter Mill. For the floors, the Bergers have opted for a material that ensures healthy living: 25-millimetre-thick KRONOPLY OSB/F**** floor boards are being installed on every storey, for a total of about 650 square metres. This material is predestined for eco-friendly, non-toxic building. It is made using only formaldehyde-free binders and is even suitable for packaging food.

With these high-quality materials, the Berger family is ideally meeting the prerequisites for their guests to feel good in the Bolter Mill from the spring of 2012. Then all that is left for them to do is install a new millwheel, a project for which they hope to receive support from the local community.

You’ll find complete information on KRONOPLY OSB and KRONOTHERM insulating materials made from natural wood fibre under “Products”.

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KRONO – Climate-Regulating Products That Protect the Climate

Starting with the manufacture of our eco-friendly wood-based materials, which are used to regulate the indoor climate in buildings, we consistently place high priority on low-emission technologies. So we already protect the earth’s climate when producing our insulating materials from natural wood fibre, as well all of the other climate-regulating products from KRONO such as KRONOPLY OSB and MDF.

Less is often more – a statement that is especially true in connection with the manufacture of our eco-friendly wood-based materials. The carbon (C) contained in wood, the natural raw material we use, remains bound in our wood-based materials. As a result, less carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the environment, something that only happens when wood burns or rots. This reduction in CO2 emissions helps us to protect the environment and lead healthier lives.

We have understood that all ecosystems are fragile, and therefore produce sustainable wood-fibre insulating boards, complete floor insulating systems and other wood-based materials for healthy living, all made from certified raw materials – to enable environmentally aware people to build and live ecologically.