Fire Barriers & Curtains

Fire barriers and curtains can achieve up to two hours fire protection. Fire barriers are ordinarily available with either a mineral fibre plain face or foil face and curtains are coated glass fibre.

Mineral fibre fire barriers

• 50mm thick (normally)
• continuously supported
• hung vertically
• secured at the head or soffit
• tested to BS476:Part 4 : 1970 (1984)
• Building regulations 1981 (1992 edition) compliant

Fire curtains

• Very light
• Flexible and adaptable product
• Provides smoke and fire cavity barrier
• Stretched between perimeter fixings and staple jointed to ensure fully effective
• Tested to BS476:Part 2 : 1987 for fire integrity
• May be used where other fire insulation is not a prerequisite

If there is a need to break through either a fire curtain or a fire barrier this will need to be sleeved to ensure that flames cannot pass through i.e. an effective fire stop.