Fire Stopping for Ducting and Cables

In today's commercial buildings, ducting is used for everything from air con to electrical cables, making a veritable motorway for fire unless precautions are taken. For open ceiling spaces, create a temporary firewall using intumescent fire stop block to create a tailor-made wall. Wrap the join between ducts or pipes and walling with intumescent duct wrap, or use a fire trunking or ducting sleeve for retrofitting plastic ducting or cabling.

Intumescent fire pillows are a remarkably flexible and versatile solution to providing a flame-proof seal in ducting or cable runs. When maintenance is required, simply move them away and replace when you're done. If a fire starts, these pillows will expand and form a flame-proof seal that stops fire spreading through a structure via its ducting or conduit systems. All four sizes of fire pillow from Easy Fire Safety have EN1366-3, LANTAC Building Control Approval and NHBC Type Approval.

Where ducting passes through fire-rated walls, ensure it is correctly wrapped, with any gaps fully blocked. As for the ducting itself, we have a smoke and fire damper which is suitable for most UK heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, with a range of sizes available.