Buildings: Insulation

(asked on 12th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Grenfell Tower fire, if the Government will take account of common installation failures when commissioning the British Research Establishment to conduct BS 8414 tests on the fire performance of external cladding systems when testing non-ACM materials to ensure that those tests reflect worst case scenarios.


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Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 19th February 2019

Tests carried out using the BS 8414 methodology are designed using the established and recognised BS 8414 methodology. Rigs to be used in tests are constructed in line with standard industry practice to ensure compliance with Approved Document B guidance on the construction of external wall systems.

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