Non-combustible insulation

Non-combustible insulation solutions for safer buildings

Using naturally non-combustible insulation, Knauf Insulation enhances building safety without the need for toxic fire retardants.

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Enhance Building Safety with non-combustible solutions

When it comes to building safety, how fire reacts in the real world is all that matters.

A building's fire safety measures play a key role in protecting occupants by slowing and limiting the spread and passage of fire. Fire safety is therefore an essential consideration in the design of a building and the choice of materials used in construction.

There are already enough safety issues around the way contemporary buildings are designed without adding extra fire risk. Taller constructions, lighter cheaper materials, more underground facilities and wider internal spaces have all contributed to the speed at which a blaze and smoke travels through a building compared to a traditional construction many years ago. Fire safety must be designed into buildings from the start.

Benefits of our fire safety solutions

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Fire Resistant Insulation

Non-combustible is a defined term in the Building Code of Australia (BCA). The compliance of a material to the Building Code of Australia (BCA) non-combustibility definition can be determined by conducting an AS1530.1 standard combustibility test. If the material satisfies the criteria outlined in the test method the material is not deemed combustible.

AS 1530.1 is a small-scale material fire test involving immersing a small sample of the material in a furnace held steady at 750°C. The small-scale testing tests the property of the material and removes any variability. In comparison to large-scale testing which is more detailed and are extremely difficult to replicate in real life/ on the construction site and therefore adds a degree of unpredictability to how the products will perform outside the testing environment.

All of our glass mineral wool is non-combustible and offer the best performance when it comes to both Reaction to Fire and Fire Resistance, enabling building designers and specifiers to develop effective and robust fire safety strategies when they design new buildings.

Protect Your Home

Fire safety is a serious consideration for homes in Australia but those with a high Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating face even greater risk. BAL ratings assess the risk to buildings from bushfire exposure. Building standards suggest using low-flammability sarking to protect against ember attack, but this can be damaged during construction and over time, leaving your home vulnerable. Non-combustible insulation helps to prevent the rapid spread of flames. So, it can reduce the potential impact of a fire, whatever the cause, allowing more time to evacuate.

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