Retuers said planning documents submitted and approved in 2012 for the refurbishment made no mention of fire barriers in the cladding to be installed between the floors of the building.

with the bracket meant to hold them piercing the barrier and gaps left where there should not have been any, which would have allowed “fire, flame and smoke to travel behind the cladding”. Asked how ...

Building facade standards in the U.S. also incorporate strict weather and insulation barriers ... "We have very specific criteria for fire-resistant cladding systems used on these taller buildings ...

These work in the same way as firebreaks around houses in grasslands and bushland — create a barrier that stops fire spreading. "If you replace half the cladding with firebreaks, then it is ...

By this October, Grenfell-type rainscreen, or moisture barrier, had been removed ... allowing flames into the external cladding. The speed at which the fire spread was “profoundly shocking ...

A series of cladding systems failed fire tests carried out for the ... Eight of the 10 systems were tested without fire barriers, meaning they did not replicate real-world conditions. However, the ...

Grenfell cladding performed 'spectacularly worse ... product was not safe to use with ACM panels as a suitable fire barrier was not available. They also produced internal emails from Arconic ...

If the fire-resisting construction of a protected escape route ... additional barriers may still be needed to subdivide extensive cavities. Cavity barriers are required to cladding but not required ...

As part of a critical project to restore fire safety, leading installer of passive fire barriers, Injecta Fire Barrier, has ...

Residents of eight tower blocks in Thamesmead have said they are frustrated that work to replace the "high fire risk" ...