Wake hup! to the future of home extensions
Visitors to the Ultraframe stand R59 at this year’s FIT Show will be the first to see the company’s revolutionary new hup! building system. hup! is the better way to build home extensions and conservatories, consisting of a fast to build and highly energy efficient wall solution that can be used in conjunction with any Ultraframe roof – allowing installers and builders to create every possible style of home extension, orangery, or conservatory, quickly and easily.
Explaining more, Ultraframe Marketing Director, Alex Hewitt, said: “There are many challenges facing installers today: brick and skills shortages, more complex installations which increase site time, unpredictable weather, complex consumer demands, post-COVID demand, and of course, the changes to Building Regulations. We have put huge amounts of research into the hup! system to create a solution to these problems – and more – and we think that installers will be delighted with the result.”
hup! at a glance:
• Five times more energy efficient than the average UK home, hup! uses Building Regulation compliant materials.
• Fewer trades needed for easy project management - no brickies, just one conservatory fitting team.
• Five times faster than traditional build methods, hup! allows installers to collect cash quicker. 10m² of wall can be assembled in minutes.
• Manufactured off site, there is no cutting needed on site, reducing waste and time.
• Ultimate design flexibility – choose any cladding, windows & doors, and design, specify and price each project in easy-to-use software.
• With rising material costs, the price of your hup! specified in the software won’t fluctuate, helping you quote with confidence.
• Engineered by Ultraframe using BBA approved technology and manufactured in a BBA approved factory for a consistent high-quality finish.
• Comprehensive training means that fitting teams are confident and competent.
A revolution in extension and conservatory construction
Continuing, Alex said: “The hup! system is truly unlike anything else on the market. hup! uses highly energy efficient and BBA approved Ultrapanels in place of brick walls, and engineered Ultraframe roofing systems in place of timber and slate roofs, making it five times faster to build than traditional methods. Available in any roof shape on footprints with 90° corners, installers can combine hup! walls and claddings with a choice of 5 Ultraframe roofs to create a bespoke hup! extension or conservatory. With hup! there is far less mess and disruption than with traditional methods, meaning happy homeowners. Finally, the groundbreaking technology in Ultrapanels means that a hup! build is on average at least five times more energy efficient than the average UK home so hup! extensions are every bit as warm and thermally efficient as the rest of your home – if not warmer!”
Along with the revolutionary hup! wall system the new Vista and Flat Roof choices will be on display at FIT along with other hup! compatible choices, Glass Roof, Ultraroof, and Livinroof. The huge amount of style options for hup! extensions, allows for styles ranging from lean-to’s and gables, through to contemporary new choices such as the reverse lean-to Vista with a choice of pitches, or the new Ultraframe Flat Roof. In total, 13 roof styles ensure complete design flexibility, catering to the most adventurous homeowners.
Concluding, Alex said: “Our ambition is to change the way people extend their homes by harnessing the strengths of conservatory installers who already provide a superior service in terms of design, customer service, speed of build and project management. With hup!, what would usually take months can be built in weeks. This is because hup! is fast and simple to build from the pre-manufactured kit. As the majority of the building work is done in a factory, this also means less mess and disruption for the homeowner. This next generation of home extensions will be more thermally efficient than ever, yet still have plenty of natural light as a result of large areas of glazing. hup! is thermally efficient, simple and quick to install, and designed to work with any windows, doors and claddings. We believe that installers will win work from local builders because they will be able to increase the capacity of fitting teams and provide warmer, brighter, better designed extensions far quicker than a traditional builder. Never has a strapline been truer than when we say that hup! is the better way to build.”
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