Siderise Insulation is celebrating ten many years considering that initial having its curtain wall passive fireplace security devices examined to the demanding BS EN 1364-4 fireplace resistance conventional. A decade on and an supplemental 16 successful exams afterwards, its distinctive giving is continue to providing a simple still sophisticated perimeter hearth containment option for safeguarding versus vertical hearth spread in the most well-liked curtain wall types— making certain compliance and supporting specifiers in providing the most secure standardspossible for their initiatives.
Siderise perimeter fireplace barrier methods have been exclusively made to provide increased fire resistance performance of the perimeter fireplace seal at the interface in between the floor slab and the spandrel zone of curtain wall façades. These include the industry-primary Siderise CW-FS Curtain Wall Firestops along with Siderise CW-FB Curtain Wall Fireboard and mullion protectors, in various preparations. Each procedure has been analyzed to BS EN 1364-4 in commercially readily available ‘Type A’ non-fireplace rated aluminium curtain partitions, in arrangements attaining fire ratings of both equally 2 hrs (EI 120) and 3 hours (EI 180). In addition to making sure compliance with Authorised Paperwork B (under BS EN 13501-2 and BS EN 13830), this has been the advised examination normal for perimeter firestops made use of at the periphery of buildings with curtain partitions by the Association for Expert Fireplace Defense (ASFP) considering that 2014. On top of that, in July 2022 the Centre for Window & Cladding Technology (CWCT) announced a proposed update to its Technical Be aware 98 to also undertake this suggestion. It is also a route to compliance in other jurisdictions around the earth, this sort of as in the UAE and Europe.
What’s a lot more, considering that 2017, Siderise CW-FS Curtain Wall Firestops in mix with Siderise CW-FB Curtain Wall Fireboard is at this time the only passive fire alternative system on the market place to have been examined to BS EN 1364-4 with pre-test movement biking of the fire seal in accordance with EAD 350141-00-1106. The seal is subjected to mechanically induced motion to ±10% of the seal width at 30 cycles for every minute (500 cycles) prior to undergoing the BS EN 1364-4 fire resistance take a look at. This is the supreme demonstration that the Siderise CW-FS—thanks to its exceptional, vertical-fibre Lamella construction— can stand up to the long-expression movement of the
curtain wall façade without the need of degradation, and even now provide the needed fire resistance
overall performance.
Siderise is also a sturdy advocate of third-party certification, together with a number of BS EN 1364-4 examination arrangements, undergoing factory audits and production checks prior to screening. This offers specifiers with very clear assurance in the functionality and regularity of the goods. Many of its BS EN 1364-4 assessments are third party certified and, to date, Siderise CW-FS Curtain Wall Firestops remains the only curtain wall perimeter barrier method to be CE Marked.