Silent Roof Material (SRM) – Free A5 Sample

Description

Try SRM before you commit

An A5 piece of the same Silent Roof Material we supply on 60 m rolls and in cut lengths — so you can check the open three-dimensional structure, the flat-backed top surface and the weight for yourself, or show it to your client, landlord or building surveyor.

• Size: A5 — approx. 148 × 210 mm × 18 mm
• Material: black, UV-stabilised polyamide 6 monofilament matting
• Price: free — £9.95 postage (inc VAT) per order
• Limited to one sample per order

Ready to order? Use our SRM roof calculator to work out exactly how much you need.

Stop rain noise on hard roofs

Silent Roof Material (SRM) is a lightweight, open-structure matting laid over the outside of hard roofs — profiled metal, fibre cement (including asbestos cement) and other hard roof surfaces. Rain lands on the matting instead of the roof sheet: the drops are broken up and the water filters through to your existing gutters, so the loud drumming you hear inside is dramatically reduced, even in light showers.

It’s the system UK film and TV studios rely on when a passing shower would otherwise stop a take — and it works just as well on warehouses, factories, workshops, offices and production facilities.

Why choose SRM?

• Lightweight — around 800 g/m², so it adds very little load to the roof structure.
• Doesn’t hold water — unlike foam or fibre acoustic products, SRM is water-resistant and more than 95% open, so it won’t soak up rain and get heavier.
• Built for outdoors — UV-stabilised polyamide with a working range of −20 °C to +80 °C.
• Fitted from outside — no work inside the building and no disruption to production.
• Can carry your branding — SRM can be painted, including giant rooftop logos visible from the air.

Installation and fixings

SRM is laid smooth (flat-backed) side up, facing the rain, in 1 m wide strips running from ridge to eaves. It is held in place by galvanised wire ropes tensioned with turnbuckles and anchored to D staple plates, together with UV-resistant cable ties — all available in our Fixings & Fittings range.

TV & Film Studio Group is the approved installer recommended by Silent Roof Ltd, with more than thirty SRM installations completed for UK film studios since 2018. We always recommend professional installation — see our rain noise reduction installation service — but a self-fitting guide is available on request.

Safety first: fibre-cement sheets, rooflights and many older metal roofs are fragile. Never go onto a roof without a safe system of work and suitable fall protection — see HSE guidance HSG33 Health and safety in roof work. Asbestos cement sheets must not be drilled or cut without the precautions in HSE Asbestos Essentials sheet a9.

Inspection and maintenance

SRM is a removable, non-permanent system. Like any external roof covering it should be checked periodically — and after storms — to make sure the ropes are tensioned and the matting is secure. Our installation service can include a one-year warranty of works, a six-month maintenance inspection and ongoing maintenance with written and photo reports.

Technical specification

Material	Polyamide 6 monofilaments, welded where they cross into a tough three-dimensional matting, with a thermally bonded flat back (laid uppermost)
Colour	Black (coloured versions available — minimum order quantity applies)
Weight	800 g/m² (EN ISO 9864)
Thickness	18 mm at 2 kPa (EN ISO 9863-1)
Open (free-flowing) space	More than 95%
UV stabilisation	Carbon black and other UV stabilisers
Working temperature	−20 °C to +80 °C
Melting point	214 °C
Reaction to fire	Class E (EN 13501-1)
Tensile strength	3.5 kN/m longitudinal · 4.5 kN/m transverse (EN ISO 10319)
Elongation at break	40% longitudinal · 35% transverse (EN ISO 10319)
Weathering & ageing	No loss of flexibility or strength after 3 months’ exposure; unaffected by cyclic temperature changes
Roll size	1.0 m × 60 m (60 m²) · approx. 1.2 m diameter · approx. 49 kg

Values are minimum average roll values from the Silent Roof Ltd product specification sheet.

Download the SRM product specification sheet (PDF)

Not sure how much you need?

Use our SRM roof calculator to work out your roof area, the best mix of rolls and cut lengths, and the price — including multi-roll discounts.