BlueGreen Group hosted the latest contractor training session on the myriad uses of SIGA’s technical tapes and sealants. The course trainer was Romain Thomas, who took the class of 10 builders and consultants. SIGA spared no expense in developing great hand’s-on training mock-ups for the students to work on and actually try their hand at applying the tapes.
Mr. Thomas, himself a commercial building supervisor in Switzerland, took the class through the paces. Of the builders present, it was no surprise to see the best in the sustainable business with Christopher Philips, Eliot Callahan and Steven Gray of Greening Homes and Glen Byrom and Peter Shepherd of Fourth Pig.
Steven Grey of Greening Homes took a 6″ peice of SIGA WigLuv and gave it a little tug and managed to stretch it 20″. Its flexible and is harder to pull off than tatoos.
In the December issue of Fine Home Building, Martin Holladay (you have to pay for it, so I’ll reference you to this Matt Risinger article instead) did a great piece on technical tapes and SIGA’s WigLUV consistently rated as a top product – at a top price. With their holster dispenser (comes free with a box of tape I heard) the tape looks and feels like a quality product.
We also tried Rissan 60, which is used indoors around penetrations like pipes and wires, though not stretchy in length, it does stretch in width to accommodate seasonal anticipated pipe movement. I could see this product being incredibly useful and more durable than the beloved red TuckTape. Mr. Thomas also brought out the pre-folded Fentrim which could be used if windows are placed mid way in the buck’s rough opening.
My favourite product was kept for last, Primur Roll which replaced a filet of caulking and this very sticky adhesive can be applied to clean concrete. It’ll stick to anything it seems and the suggested place to use it was for the joint at the weather/air barrier as it drapes the foundation wall on the outside.