Fire resistance testing

Whilst fires like this are hard to predict and therefore difficult to plan for, fire tests are much easier to handle! With good preparation work, a fire test is only a stepping stone to maximizing the potential applications for a product.

It is essential to carry out the appropriate test, just as it is essential to test an appropriate specimen.
Once you fully under the test, the test procedures, how best to fix the specimen to the furnace and you know how to build it as best as is humanly possible, then you are ready to proceed, and not before!

My 24 years of experience in fire resistance testing (11 of those with a NAMAS (UKAS) accredited test laboratory), and the fact that I have witnessed some 3-4000 tests, give my customers a considerable head start and save a lot of time, cash and frustration with wasted test fees.

I can advise on appropriate testing programmes, specimen design and installation at the laboratory and also provide test supervision on the day. Product evaluation and assessment after testing broadens fields of application and relieves you of the burden of needing to know every detail of fire regulations.

My testing experience covers all sorts of building components, walls, floors, ceilings, doors, windows, cable & pipe penetrations, structural steelwork as well as ad-hoc testing on situations ranging from actuator-valve covers for North Sea oil rigs, curtain wall facades to wall and ceiling lining tests and safes.
These are some of the more common standards I usually work to;
British Standard 476 :Parts 20-24: 1987,
ISO 843,
IMO and Exchange of Notes marine standards,
Hydrocarbon heating conditions,
The new Euro tests, Etc.

So, take the weight  off your mind and let me handle the whole job!!