FRONT COVER SPOTLIGHT 9
The hatch is part of Bilco’s recently improved roof hatch range which provides increased thermal insulation and reduced air leakage. The modifications will help architects and engineers meet the requirements of Part L of the Building Regulations.
All hatches supplied by Bilco are now being fitted with 50 mm thick faced rigid polyisocyanurate insulation board on both the cover and the curb. Super TUFF-R has a component U value of 0.47 Wm2
/K and is
ideally suited to accepting a variety of roofing adhesives. It is made with hydrocarbon blowing agents to ensure that its manufacture does not deplete the Earth’s atmospheric ozone layer.
Hatches are now also all fitted with a newly designed closed cell EPDM sponge gasket to help meet Building Regulation air leakage targets by giving a better seal of the cover to the curb.
Independent tests have shown that the maximum air permeability performance at pressures up to 600 Pascals is less than 4.83m3
/hour/m2 1 rating under BS EN 12207:2000.
The design of hinges and other features ensures that the hatches are resistant to the effects of ageing and weather in exposed locations.
JAMES FISHER ADDED:
“Bilco specialises in working with its clients to provide them with products that meet their needs. We were able to meet all the requirements for smoke ventilation at Brentwood Community Hospital to help ensure the safety of patients and staff in the event of a fire.”
The Brentwood Community Hospital project highlights the increasing importance that is being placed on fire safety.
Architects, engineers and equipment specifiers in a range of related professions are being put under increasing legal pressure to consider fire safety at the building design stage. A raft of new legislation threatens penalties for companies and individuals who fail in what the law regards as their duty to the future occupiers of buildings.
In England and Wales, the Building Regulations set out fire safety requirements in Approved Document B: Fire safety which came into effect in April 2007.
Other responsibilities of builders, designers and owners of buildings are set out in the
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Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2006 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The Regulatory Reform Order also requires the builder to hand over to the occupier fire safety information related to the building design and construction together with information on the services, fittings and equipment provided to operate and maintain the building with reasonable fire safety.
In Scotland, the safety of buildings is dealt with by the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005.
Based in Suffolk, Bilco UK can supply the trade with a range of standard roof hatches, smoke vents and floor doors in various sizes and materials. It can also supply special products on request.
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