Fire safety

Fire regulations

Two decrees recently published in the Journal Officiel of 11/08/2019 change fire regulations in two cases:

For the renovation of IMH buildings (28 to 50 meters high)

• From January 1, 2020, for all building permits, at least some of the products used to renovate a facade must be at least class A2-s3,d0. Products not meeting this class must be protected by a thermal shield (e.g. EPS insulation covered by rockwool insulation).
• Regardless of the solutions employed, the systems must be validated by a laboratory assessment.

For dwellings where the highest floor is no more than 50 metres away.

• First family: exterior cladding at least class D-s3,d0 or E if home is insulated.
• Second family: exterior cladding at least class D-s3,d0
• Third family, two solutions:
  • All products are at least class A2-s3,d0
  • The system has been validated by an APL irrespective of its fire rating.
• Fourth family: two solutions identical to renovation (see paragraph above).

^CAREA® products and fire regulations

No need to choose between fire safety and aesthetics!

For both new-build and renovation projects, our grooved, interlocking and anchored product ranges are A2-s1,d0 certified: our material is non-flammable and does not propagate fire.

For frameless applications, the interlocking and grooved ranges are laboratory-tested for^3rd family residential buildings.

For use with framing, the grooved range has been laboratory-tested to validate solutions without or with invisible lip.

Our solutions can be applied to all types of building, both new and renovation (IGH, IMH,^3rd family dwellings, etc.).

^CAREA® Grooved siding: now with invisible lip

Since the publication of a laboratory assessment (APL n°EFR-16-002964 – Revision 2), CAREA grooved facings in horizontal and vertical installation, used with Rockwool rockwool insulation, can be installed with an invisible overlap flap.

This APL is designed to :

• ^1st group ERP from R+2,
• ^3rd family residential buildings,
• IMH.

The following construction system is required:

• Concrete or rendered masonry substrate.
• Vertical steel frame; EPDM strips are required at each intersection between the steel frame and the horizontal aluminum rail.

For ERP buildings where the C+D rule is not applicable, as well as for residential buildings, the air gap overlap can be managed in one of the following ways:

• Steel frame; in this case, no air gap overlap.
• Bay frame with slab return + invisible steel flap or Hilti-type intumescent strip.

For ERP where the C+D rule applies, the air gap must be intersected, whatever the type of opening frame. This is done either by means of an invisible bib, or with a Hilti-type intumescent strip.