Concealed cavities and voids within walls, floors, ceilings and roofs can provide a ready route for the spread of smoke and flame, bypassing fire-resisting construction, and so building regulations ...

With timber frame construction expected to continue growing in popularity, it’s critical that any building made from the material is adequately protected against the spread of fire. Here, cavity ...

A timber-framed housing association block in which a serious fire broke out last year was fitted with “defective” cavity barriers that “contributed nothing to control of the fire”, a report obtained ...

(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) In a significant move towards enhancing construction safety, KDD Construction Ltd. Has unveiled Injectaclad , a pioneering solution for retrofit cavity fire barriers . This ...

The Grenfell Inquiry has heard more details of how cavity barriers were either installed incorrectly or not installed at all during the ill-fated refurbishment of the west London tower. Christopher ...

Fire-resistant cavity barriers designed to stop the spread of flames in a house fire have been left out of some homes in a plush new development. Residents at a Persimmon Homes development have been ...

Cladding firm’s hired hand believed lack of key safety component in architect’s drawings reflected ‘different route to compliance’ The freelancer hired by Harley Facades to work as “project designer” ...