On The Waterside
29 January 2004
Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus glass has been used by leading door manufacturer, Vicaima, in a selection of the company’s interior fire doors for the show home at a major development in Beckenham, Kent.
Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus glass has been used by leading door manufacturer, Vicaima, in a selection of the company’s interior fire doors for the show-home at a major development in Beckenham, Kent. The Langley Waterside development by Laing Homes in conjunction with Berkeley Homes, has been designed to ensure that the preservation and enhancement of the natural surrounding environment is maintained throughout the scheme. The specification of timber veneered doors by Laing Homes was an important detail.
Although the show-home is the first to be completed, the Vicaima doors are scheduled for a number of the family homes within the development, all of which are individually styled with their own character and set within squares and tree lined boulevards. The Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus glass for the show -home’s White Oak interior fire doors was supplied to Vicaima by the Pilkington Poole branch of Pilkington Processing and Merchanting UK. “We have been using Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus since its launch,” says Andy Gordon of Vicaima. “The glass is ideal for our doors, combining high performance with aesthetic appeal.”
Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus is a slimline 7.5mm fire resistant laminate glass that has been specifically formulated for use in internal fire resistant doors and partitions, offering a combination of fire and impact performance. It has a unique clear intumescent interlayer which gives the glass excellent clarity in normal use, but turns opaque in a fire to form a barrier against flames and hot gases. It also significantly reduces the level of radiant heat transmitted from the fire to an exceptionally low level for such a thin glass.
When independently fire tested, the Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus glass produced an integrity that was in excess of 40 minutes, a safety margin of at least 30 per cent above the minimum classification of 30 minutes. The glass offers a host of benefits including an acoustic insulation RW value of 35dB.
Pilkington Processing and Merchanting UK is the specialist business of Pilkington UK, merchanting bulk glass and processed bespoke products for the industry, and is renowned for the assurance it offers in terms of the quality of the end product and throughout all stages of the manufacturing process.
Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus glass has been used by leading door manufacturer, Vicaima, in a selection of the company’s interior fire doors for the show home at a major development in Beckenham, Kent.
Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus glass has been used by leading door manufacturer, Vicaima, in a selection of the company’s interior fire doors for the show-home at a major development in Beckenham, Kent. The Langley Waterside development by Laing Homes in conjunction with Berkeley Homes, has been designed to ensure that the preservation and enhancement of the natural surrounding environment is maintained throughout the scheme. The specification of timber veneered doors by Laing Homes was an important detail. Although the show-home is the first to be completed, the Vicaima doors are scheduled for a number of the family homes within the development, all of which are individually styled with their own character and set within squares and tree lined boulevards. The Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus glass for the show -home’s White Oak interior fire doors was supplied to Vicaima by the Pilkington Poole branch of Pilkington Processing and Merchanting UK. “We have been using Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus since its launch,” says Andy Gordon of Vicaima. “The glass is ideal for our doors, combining high performance with aesthetic appeal.”
Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus is a slimline 7.5mm fire resistant laminate glass that has been specifically formulated for use in internal fire resistant doors and partitions, offering a combination of fire and impact performance. It has a unique clear intumescent interlayer which gives the glass excellent clarity in normal use, but turns opaque in a fire to form a barrier against flames and hot gases. It also significantly reduces the level of radiant heat transmitted from the fire to an exceptionally low level for such a thin glass.
When independently fire tested, the Pilkington Pyrodur™ Plus glass produced an integrity that was in excess of 40 minutes, a safety margin of at least 30 per cent above the minimum classification of 30 minutes. The glass offers a host of benefits including an acoustic insulation RW value of 35dB.
Pilkington Processing and Merchanting UK is the specialist business of Pilkington UK, merchanting bulk glass and processed bespoke products for the industry, and is renowned for the assurance it offers in terms of the quality of the end product and throughout all stages of the manufacturing process.