Pilkington
- The Definitive Fire-Rated Package
Pilkington
Building Products - UK says that it provides the ultimate in fire-resistant
glass, and works with specialist companies across the UK and Ireland
to offer a comprehensive fire-resistant glass service. Between them
they offer technical support and advice on key issues concerning application,
fire safety regulation and design.
Pilkington
fire-resistant glass is focused on fitness for purpose and has been
designed to suit a wide range of applications in a large number of framing
systems, particularly for use in partial or full size fire doors and
partitions, glazing along escape routes, building compartmentation and
overhead glazing.
The Pilkington fire-resistant glass range can also be used in external
glazing to prevent breakout of fire and movement of fire along the outside
face of a building, and potentially in the same building or to adjacent
and facing buildings.
The latest system developments even allow the construction of integral
load-bearing fire-resistant glass floors in response to demands from
architects for high light levels throughout modern buildings. Products
such as Pilkington Pyrostop, Pilkington Pyrodur, Pilkington Pyrodur
Plus and Pilkington Pyroshield possess excellent fire resistance properties
and safety performance.
Pilkington Pyrostop and Pilkington Pyrodur provide a good choice for
clear fire protection. They are based on a laminate of glass and a special
interlayer to provide the highest levels of robust fire protection whilst
maximising optical quality and the available levels of natural light
and visibility. Pilkington Pyrostop provides a high level of reliability
and the most complete performance range in integrity and insulation
glazing. For the past 30 years, Pilkington Pyrostop has been extensively
tested in a whole variety of different systems around the world providing
applications that are highly rated, achieving standard classification
times of 30, 60, 90, 120 and even 180 minutes integrity and insulation.
The Pilkington Pyrodur range offers full insulation against fire for
a period time, which is derived from the special layer. Pilkington Pyrodur
Plus, the latest product in the range is only 7mm thick and combines
integrity classification in 30 minute intervals w! ith insulation for
classified in 15 minute intervals and impact safety.
The whole range is suitable for use in timber partitions and fire doors,
especially in minimising the risk of ignition of the timber beads on
the non-fire side.
The Pilkington Pyroshield range provides robust fire safety performance
in protecting against fire by limiting the spread of flames, smoke and
hot gases. The incorporation of an integral wire mesh in the body of
the glass also provides a visual deterrent to would-be intruders.
Fire-resistant glass specialists, Anders Glass, Float Glass Industries,
Glas-Seal and Nicholls Clarke Glass are specially accredited to provide
the Pilkington Pyrostop and Pilkington Pyrodur fire-resistant glass
range from stock. Each one is dedicated to providing the highest levels
of services from supply of cut sizes to technical assistance and application.
In addition
to the level of on-the-ground expertise available from these companies,
Pilkington has produced a range of communication materials to help provide
advice and guidance in this critical area. The Pilkington Specifire
is an online specification tool which details the entire Pilkington
range of fire-resistant glass and its extensive testing portfolio. It
allows users to identify the most appropriate fire resistant glass quickly,
easily and accurately together with a pdf of the applicable fire test
summary to aid specification and approval. Specifire can be easily accessed
at http://www.pilkington.co.uk/specifire.
A full suite of literature is also available and the company's website
is also home to information on the products, which can be viewed at
http://www.pilkington.co.uk/pyrostop
Contact the Pilkington Fire Glass Partners on:
Anders Glass
30 Frederick Road, Salford, Manchester, M6 6NY
Tel: 0161 736 2487/8
Email: enquiries@andersglass.co.uk
Float Glass Industries
Float Glass House, Floats Road, Roundthorn, Manchester, M23 9QA
Tel: 0161 946 8088
Email: fire@floatglass.co.uk
Glas-Seal NI
80 Belfast Road, Ballynahinch, Co Down, N Ireland, BT28 8EB
Tel: 028 9756 2932
Email: post@glasseal.co.uk
Nicholls and Clarke Glass
Units 13/14, Bow Industrial Park, Carpenters Road, London, E15 2DZ
Tel: 020 8986 6212
Email: info@nichollsandclarke.com
Request literature or further information by e-mail to Pilkington@respond.uk.com,
by telephoning the Technical Helpline on 01744 692000 or via the Pilkington
website at http://www.pilkington.co.uk