A leading insulation firm has questioned the accuracy of the government’s large-scale cladding tests, carried out to assess the safety of systems for high rises following the Grenfell disaster.

The housing secretary has asked cladding and insulation manufacturers to fund partly the remediation of unsafe cladding on buildings between 11 and 18 metres tall. The housing secretary has asked ...

The government is not testing the material, which could be potentially more flammable than the cladding INSULATION behind cladding in tower blocks has not been tested for fire risks, it has emerged.

Strongwell’s Strongirt® is the ideal continuous insulation (CI) cladding attachment support system. This all-FRP fiberglass pultruded composite uses a custom fire-retardant resin system and unique ...

Two companies that caused outrage over their behaviour in the Grenfell scandal face being put on a Government blacklist as punishment. Ministers want them banned from all state contracts on the ...

A second round of safety tests in the aftermath of the deadly Grenfell tower block fire has found that another combination of cladding and insulation does not meet building regulations with over 100 ...

Footage from BBC Panorama shows what happens when the insulation and the cladding that covered Grenfell Tower is exposed to a flame. The cladding core melts and lights the insulation, the video shows.

Kingspan Group Plc fell to the lowest level in six months after the U.K. government threatened a trading ban on manufacturers of cladding and insulation if they refuse to pay to fix homes at risk of ...

Italian chemical and development group Acell (Milan, Italy) has already earned kudos in the construction composites industry with its innovative foam-cored sandwich panels for doors (click on “SMC ...

Dublin, May 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS) Market by Type (PB, PM), Insulation Material (EPS, MW), End-use (Residential, Non-residential), ...