External Timber Cladding and Fire Risk. Guidance to amended Building Regulations

Guidance Note FR5

Wood Protection Association, 2024
External Timber Cladding and Fire Risk. Guidance to amended Building Regulations Download document

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Current

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Core Supplement

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Guidance Note

Abstract

Guidance on the appropriate use of timber products as external cladding in the wake of the Grenfell Fire tragedy, highlighting amendments to Approved Documents B, and the treating of timber cladding with flame retardants.

History

Issue 5, November 2024. Supersedes Issue 3 July 2022, Issue 2 September 2019, and WPA/FR/1218, issued December 2018.

Subjects

  • Timber external walls
  • Building structure
  • Coverings and surface finishes
  • Cladding/covering
  • Materials
  • Building control, England and Wales
  • Fire
  • Building control
  • Fire control
  • Fire resistance
  • Walls/masonry/cavity walls
  • Timber/joinery
  • Legal issues and management
  • Special subject areas

Publisher History

The Wood Protection Association (WPA) is a not-for-profit timber trade organisation. The WPA champions and provides advice on industrial wood treatment technologies that enhance the performance of softwood products. Covering: preservative treatments, wood modification and factory applied flame retardant treatments.

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