Best Building Materials for Summer Projects

Summer has begun, and this year it’s been very hot. Procuring and choosing the right building materials for such hot climates becomes very necessary. Especially if you are considering building a project in a city like Dubai, which has summer for almost the entire year, then you must choose your building materials carefully.

Marvel BMT is one of the oldest and largest wholesale building materials suppliers in Dubai and UAE. We have a wide variety of materials to choose from, that will protect your building from heat damage and help you in keeping your interiors cool.

While you are choosing materials for a summer project in a city like Dubai, you have to be careful that the material you choose should protect you from heat as well as humidity. You have to choose a roofing material that reflects the sunlight. Wall construction should consist of insulating material as well so that the interiors of the building will remain cool despite the heat outside. You can also choose modern-style window glasses that reflect heat and keep the interior cool. Let us see, what are some of the best building materials for a summer project.

Engineered Hard-wood

Wood was the most preferred building material until a few decades back. But slowly other materials took over wood, as the main problem with using wood is its tendency to absorb moisture and get rotted. However, innovators came up with innovations and invented engineered hardwood. Engineered hardwood works well in extremely hot and humid climates. Engineered wood is made in an extremely hot environment, where a thin layered wood is attached to a plywood sheet. This makes the wood very resistant to molding and getting rotted. Marvel BMT’s building material shop in Dubai has several varieties and grain designs in engineered wood.

Structo-lite base coat plaster

Many building materials suppliers in the UAE stock this revolutionary plaster product. The structo-lite base coat is a very good example of clay plaster. Clay plasters have the capability of letting moisture pass freely through the walls. Clay plasters are also very good at resisting mold. These clay plasters are also very good at maintaining indoor humidity levels. When we use structo-lite base coat plaster, the temperature of the room’s interiors stays at least 1-2 degrees cooler.

Eagle concrete

Concrete is one of the best and most effective products when it comes to heat resistance. But concrete becomes useful only if there is ample ventilation inside the building. In lack of ventilation, concrete works in reverse gear, and instead of protecting from the heat it gets damaged by heat. Also, with a lack of proper air circulation and ventilation, heat gets negatively affected, and it will create condensation on walls. Walls affected by condensation then attract mold, and it looks very bad for the interiors of the home. Eagle concrete is used on joints as it repels water and avoids damage caused by moisture and water. At marvel BMT’s you will find different brands of eagle concrete. Often finding eagle concrete is not easy to find at different construction materials suppliers in Dubai.

Spray foam insulator

To protect from harsh heat, we must insulate walls and roofs with good insulating material. Spray foam insulators are available in two types, open-cell type and closed cell type. Choose one type depending on where you want to use spray foam for. Open-cell spray foam can be used in attics, roofs, and windows. Whereas closed cell spray foam can be used in the basement where more damage is likely to occur because of moisture and humidity. Open-cell foam is very breathable and allows moisture to pass through the building without causing any damage to common areas. By using open-cell spray foam, we can keep the temperature of interiors cooler and bearable. Marvel BMT stores open-cell type spray foam in its shops across the UAE. Marvel BMT is one of the largest construction materials suppliers in Dubai, and we have many varieties of all types of building materials, in our inventory.

Thermal resistant paint

The most important thing while the building is using paint that resists heat back. A few years ago, people residing in hot and humid climates preferred to paint their houses with white or blue colors so that maximum heat was repelled and interiors stayed cooler. But today, we are not limited to choosing just one color to have heat resistance. There are special types of paints which we can use in any desired shade and still it will provide a barrier and protection from heat damage. Along with heat resistance paint on walls, you can choose to put a special heat resistance coat on the roof as well. Many heat resistance paints come with properties such as mold and bacterial resistance, such paints protect in all weather conditions. Using such paint will increase the life of the building considerably. While you buy your supplies, choose Marvel BMT, which is one of the best building material suppliers in Dubai.

Roofing material

When you are building a house or an office, especially in hot climates like Dubai, choosing a top-quality roof that repels heat is important. You can choose from a variety of roof materials such as asphalt shingles, cedar shake roofing, metal roof, Spanish tiles, and slate roof. When you construct using asphalt shingles, they are more prone to attracting moisture and may attract mold, but they help in keeping the interiors clean. Whereas, cedar shake roofing is great at repealing heat and doesn’t get damaged by moisture, and it is also available in many designs. But maintenance cost with cedar shake roof is quite high as you have to maintain them every 3-4 years. If you want a more permanent option, then you can opt for Spanish tiles. Spanish tiles if properly installed have an average life of 100 years. However, Spanish tiles are very heavy and the structure on which these tiles are to be installed needs to be very strong to withstand the weight of the Spanish tiles.

Hope this above article compiled by Marvel BMT’s team helps you in choosing the right types of material for your summer project.