THERMOCHIP® covers the rehabilitated Mercat de Sant Antoni in Barcelona

The renovation works of the Mercat de Sant Antoni in Barcelona reach the final phase of the project with the installation on its roof of theTHERMOCHIP® TOH sandwich panels. TherehabilitationThe historic building, located between the Raval and Eixample neighborhoods, began in 2009 and its opening to the public is scheduled for the end of 2016. The market, with a commercial area of ​​15,000 square metres, will be the largest in Barcelona.

The long period of remodeling has always aimed to maintain the original conception of the modernist building. The installation of THERMOCHIP® TOHon the cover, in addition to providing excellent resistance to the structure, it will give the interior a classic and pleasant visual appearance thanks to theOSB finishof wood fibers.

The choice to placeTHERMOCHIP®It is supported by various factors. To the improvement ofenergy efficiencyTypical of the technical solution, the tongue-and-groove system is added that allows continuous insulation, the lightening of the structure on a slab of iron beams and the saving in time and costs of a process that is in its sixth year of construction.

Therehabilitation The Sant Antoni market, however, is getting closer every day. The usual merchants of food, textile and publishing products will resume their activity under a fully conditioned OSB/3 board roof, suitable for humid environments, which will, in turn, support a modernist-inspired ceramic exterior cover.

In summary, the sandwich panelTHERMOCHIP® TOHIt is made up of a 12 mm thick boardOSB oriented particleson its interior face, an insulating core of extruded polystyrene and a water-repellent chipboard on its exterior face. These last two components allow different configurations depending on the required load and insulation values, since they offer the possibility of varying their thickness.

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