Flame retardant coatings buy valuable time to evacuate a building if fire breaks out.
Crown Paints manufacture the Crown Trade range of Timonox flame retardant coatings – which play a vital role in fire protection.
The systems are backed up with technical expertise and support from Crown Trade’s dedicated specification team, to ensure a quality finish and optimum performance.
Debbie Orr, Senior Brand Manager for Crown Trade, said: “Evacuating people from a burning building as quickly and efficiently as possible is a serious consideration and anything that can be done to slow down the spread of flame will in effect buy time for the building occupants.
“In the UK, wall and ceiling lining materials are classified from Class 0 to Class 4 according to their level of resistance to flame spread and heat release, with Class 0 being the best performing material and Class 4 the worst.
“Crown Trade Timonox is designed to improve fire performance rating. It is capable of improving a rating from Class 4 to Class 0 and while it is unable to prevent a fire from starting - as paint is not normally the first thing to be ignited - it may provide valuable additional time for a building to be safely evacuated.
“The system works by limiting the oxygen around the flames through the release of non-combustible gases, and by using a formulation which provides a barrier to the flammable paint layers beneath.
“Tests carried out by Crown Paints at independent testing company Exova warringtonfire, showed a marked difference between the spread of flame on a surface intended to demonstrate a worst case scenario of a painted wall or ceiling surface when compared with a wall where multiple layers of old paint had been covered with Crown Trade Timonox.
“Depending on the nature of the project, property owners or managers wishing to specify the application of flame retardant coatings can contact Crown Trade and we will make an assessment of the age and condition of the existing painted surfaces.
“Our specialists can take a sample flake of the existing paint covering away for microscopic analysis. This will reveal which coating system needs to be applied to offer the optimum protection”.
Find out more about Crown Paints’ dedicated specification service by contacting the customer relations team on 0845 389 9584, email info@crowntrade.co.uk
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