Fire dampers are an essential component of passive protection, helping to prevent the rapid, and highly dangerous, spread of smoke and fire through a building’s ductwork. If a fire spreads in this way it can quickly penetrate other fire and smoke barriers. Fire dampers slow the progression of fire giving people critical time to attempt […]
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Fire smoke dampers are a crucial part of any building fire safety system. These are ducting fittings that are usually used whenever there is a fire-resistant wall in the property. Ducting vents can present a means through which fire and smoke can escape from one room to another. Fire dampers are fitted to ducting vents
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Fire dampers are a critical component of a building’s passive fire protection system. They are used in heating, ventilation and air conditioning ducts to prevent the spread of fire inside the ductwork through fire-resistant walls and floors. Ducting vents are a place through which fire and smoke can move from one room to another. It’s
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Fires in commercial properties are thankfully rare, but they do happen. No matter how careful you are and how much you minimise your risk, sometimes fires do occur. Human error, electrical faults and downright bad luck, can all soon turn a small spark into a blazing inferno. As so many commercial properties have a HVAC
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