Site Protection
Heavy-duty tarpaulins and other sacrificial coverings used to keep an open extension shell weathertight and to protect finished joinery and floors during the messy second-fix trades.
Site protection is the cheap insurance policy that stops the weather and the trades wrecking work that has already been paid for. A blue tarp lashed across the rafters before a stalled roof run is half an hour of effort that prevents a saturated ceiling, ruined plasterboard, and a four-figure remediation bill. Heavy plastic sheeting laid over a freshly fitted oak floor before the decorators arrive is a tenner of consumables that prevents thousands of pounds of replacement.
These guides cover the protection materials a kitchen extension build will go through: heavy-duty tarpaulins for temporary roofing and overnight cover when a roof run does not finish, and similar sacrificial sheets for floors, joinery, and finished kitchen units once the messy trades come back in. Each page explains what to buy, what specification to look for on a building site, and how long the protection will actually last in real weather.
Browse the guides below before the first roll of plastic gets cut to size, so you know which products are worth the extra money and which cheap rolls fall apart inside a fortnight.