CMH Design can provide advice and assistance in compiling and commissioning test programmes for a range of interior building products including drywall partitions, demountable partitions, doors, ceilings, flooring and panel/cladding systems. Testing may be required to develop new products, update or modify existing ranges, comply with new legislation or be project related.
We will work with you in helping to decide on the appropriate course of action, ensuring compliance with regulations and maximising the return on investment required.
Fire testing to UK and European standards is all carried out at UKAS approved laboratories using experienced installation teams. Testing can be arranged for the following standards: -
Resistance to Fire
Tests to UK standards: -
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BS476 Part 20 - 31a
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Walls, partitions and glazed screens
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door and shutter assemblies
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columns and beams
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suspended ceilings and ceiling membrames
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floors
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ventilation ducts
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intumescent seals
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Tests to European standards: -
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EN1364 - 1: Partitions, glazing and doors
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EN1364 - 2: Ceilings
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EN1365 -1: Walls
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EN1365 - 2: Floors
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EN1365 - 3: Beams
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EN1365 - 4: Columns
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EN1366 - Service installations
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Reaction to Fire
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BS476 part 4 & 11 - Non-combustibility / heat emission (bomb calorimeter)
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BS 476 part 6 & 7 - Fire propagation and surface spread of flame
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BS476 part 12 - Ignitibility by direct flame
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BS476 part 15 heat release rate (cone calorimeter)
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BS EN 13501-1 Classification and testing including
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BE EN ISO 1182 - Non-combustibility
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BS EN ISO 1716 - Heat of combustion (bomb calorimeter)
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BS EN 13823 - Single burning item (SBI) test
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BS EN ISO 11925 - 2 Small flame test
