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Fire and Smoke Protection, Detection and Alarms
News Release from: Environmental Seals | Subject: Envirograf
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 August 2004
Price-Less Protection
The Envirograf passive fire protection product range was chosen to give a robust protection and also a high quality performance, to protect a price-less oak altarpiece.
Set in heart of leafy Suffolk in a small hamlet is St Mary's Church Thornham Pava which houses an absolute price-less Retable "The Thornham Pava Retable is a great national treasure" comments Richard Halsey East of England Director for English Heritage
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 21 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The oak altarpiece is thought to have been created in the 1330's and recently it has undergone an extensive eight year conservation programme.
The Retable is irreplaceable, so the conservationists needed to be certain that the masterpiece was housed in a secure environment but also the Retable needed to be protected from the risk of fire.
The Envirograf passive fire protection product range was chosen to give a robust protection and also a high quality performance.
The products were supplied by Fire Prevention Products (Essex/Suffolk).
The architects involved in the project were Whiteworth and Co Patrnership.
Products used:.
Envirograf Product 42 and 92 coating systems was used on the timber frame of the Retable.
* Envirograf Product 69 Surface mounted fire and smoke seals and Product 76 rebated fire and smoke seal were used.
* Envirograf Product 36 Intumescent Block Grilles were used for ventilation and fire sealing.
* Envirograf Product 38 Intumescent membrane and fire card.
* Envirograf Product 4 Intumescent coated slabs.
* Envirograf Product 44 PVE/A Foam and Product 46 Intumescent Adhesive.
* Envirograf Product 71 Hinge Lock and Door closer protection.
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