Fire Safety in Public Buildings
Glasstextile Wallcoverings play an important role in fire safety by preventing spread of flame on the surface of most conventional building materials. Glasstextile wallcoverings meet the most stringent international wallcovering fire regulations.
Painted glasstextile surfaces prevent flames from spreading horizontally along room or corridor walls and equally important resist flames spreading vertically into ceiling spaces.
Glasstextile Wallcoverings have achieved many fire certificates. Extracts are listed in the table below assuring end users that, in addition to looking elegant and decorative, painted glasstextile wallcoverings will not contribute to a fire.
Acts as a protective membrane to substrate preventing:
1 & 2. Horizontal spread of flames to door or window
3. Vertical spread up wall surface to ceiling space.
4. Spread along corridor walls to cut off adjoining rooms
5 & 6. Spread into staircase or lift lobby areas.
All combinations of product tested and tabulated meet the requirements of a Class 'O' Surface to Regulation E15, UK Bulding Regulations 1991.
| FIRE TEST RESULTS | |||||||
| Test Reference | BS 476: Part 7 | BS 476: Part 6 | |||||
| Surface Spread of Flame | Fire Propagation | ||||||
| Material Construction | Actual flame spread (mm) | Limit for highest class (mm) | Class Result (Highest 1) | Actual Index 1. | Pass Level 1. | Index i 1 | Pass i 1 |
| Building board Primer Adhesive Glasstextile wallcovering 2 coats emulsion paint | Nil | 165 | 1 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| Bulding board Primer, 6 coats gloss Adhesive Glasstextile wallcoverings 2 coats emulsion paint | 75 | 165 | 1 | 5.9 | 12.0 | 3.7 | 6.0 |
| Plasterboard Adhesive Glasstextile wallcovering 1 coat emulsion 1 coat vinyl silk | 50 | 165 | 1 | 7.8 | 12.0 | 4.3 | 6.0 |
| Building board Adhesive Glasstextile wallcovering 1 coat emulsion 1 coat spray multicolour paint | Nil | 165 | 1 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 1.5 | 6.0 |