KPRO Façade UNO wins Best Overall Product at The Hardware Show 2022 Innovation Awards

Innovation Awards 2022 – BEST OVERALL PRODUCT

Kilsaran’s latest addition to their KPRO Façade family, KPRO Façade UNO, won the Best Build Product and Best Overall Product at The Hardware Show 2022 Innovation Awards.

KPRO UNO was up against stiff competition with a host of products from across the hardware industry all vying for the prize. A winner in the best build category, UNO went on to win the best overall product award which was announced at the Hardware Association Ireland President’s Ball.

Kilsaran KPRO Façade UNO is a through coloured, decorative, one-coat rendering mortar. It is designed for single coat application to most common brick work and block work substrates. The material is available in 15 aesthetically pleasing colours. UNO render is self-coloured, breathable, weather-resistant and is formulated for both hand and machine application. It is suitable for both residential housing and larger commercial projects.

Commenting on the win, KPRO Technical and R&D Manager Ken Mulkerrins said, “We are delighted to win the best overall product at the awards, UNO is an excellent product and to have it recognised in this way is testament to the product itself as well as the commitment from our KPRO team to continuous product innovation and development”.

Designed, developed and manufactured at Kilsaran’s dedicated, on-site certified R&D laboratories in Co. Kildare, specifically for the Irish climate & Irish market, UNO has many advantages including:

  • Increased productivity
  • Excellent workability and adhesion
  • Excellent resistance to wind-driven rain
  • Low maintenance
  • Improved breathability
  • Low shrinkage/good crack resistance

The product has significantly reduced delivery lead times due to Kilsaran’s strategic sales and distribution network serving the entire industry. As a locally manufactured and supplied rendering mortar, KPRO Façade UNO also offers a more sustainable alternative when choosing a rendering mortar system.

One of UNO’s most impressive characteristics is its ability to resist wind-driven rain whilst also remaining breathable. To explain this further it is important to understand the basic physics behind moisture movement within building materials. Moisture movement through building materials (permeability) is measured as a Vapour Transmission Rate. This rate describes the ability of a material to diffuse vapour in a similar way that a U-Value describes the ability of a material to transfer heat.

Vapour pressure results where humidity is present on a surface. Moisture moves from areas of higher vapour pressure to lower Vapour pressure, and this movement is called vapour diffusion. Warm air can hold more moisture than cool or cold air. This will create greater water vapour pressure on the warm side than on the cooler side of a material. Moisture will move from the warmer air or warmer side and higher humidity side of a building surface (inside) through the building material to the cooler side of the material (outside).

Kilsaran’s UNO formulation was engineered using the correct blend of graded aggregates and binders coupled with the most advanced additive technology to allow it resist wind-driven rain in the most severe conditions, whilst still allowing the building envelope to breathe.

For all KPRO Façade UNO enquiries contact Kilsaran direct at +353 (0)45 482620 or at kproenquiries@kilsaran.ie for a full list of stockists.

To learn more about our award-winning product visit www.kilsaran.ie/product/kpro-facade-uno/