Intumescent Fire Protection Painting for Steel

A quick one to show how we're fitting these intumescent strips behind the cladding, an 18mm rip of ply goes on first as a border around windows and doors then top and bottom of the cavity, our strips then fix onto that with stainless fixings. These strips can expand up to 44mm which as you can see from the last shot we're a long way within that! *These strips do not stop a fire they simply swell under heat and stop the airflow within the cavity giving a longer time period for anyone to get out o

Intumescent Paint, Fireproofing, and Firestopping - Archtoolbox

Using Fire Retardant Paint and Intumescent Paint