Check Why AFC’s Intumescent Coatings Are Best For Fire Protection Structural Steel

Steel is the most useful and advantageous material when compared to other construction materials at several phases of its lifecycle. Due to its advantageous traits, its use in the modern construction is gaining impetus, no matter what type of building it is. 

Best of all, steel is 100 % recyclable, durable, reliable, design flexible and relatively affordable material when it comes to its application in a new or old building.

In the event of fire, all commonly used structural materials start losing their mechanical strength. 

But heavily loaded steel begins to lose its designed safety margin at temperature around 550°C – irrespective of the grade of steel.

Hence, to protect a building structure and preserve its stability, use and application of a structural steel protection (for example, paint, board, spray etc.) is extremely needed. 

They are aesthetic, and applied already on-site and off-site both or in the workshop.

While there are many different types of solutions, claiming to protect a steel structure from fire, a fire protection structural steel provides longer protection to a structure.

Companies like Australian Fire Control provides for steel protection that will let steel sustain and withstand some specific measures of heat for different amounts of time.

The company allows for three different options when it comes to protecting a steel structure. 

The three prevailing systems are intumescent fire stopping coatings, cladding with fire stopping boards and fire stopping sprays. A large number of steel structures prefer using intumescent coatings for they work as the cheapest fire protection options, possess a thin layer, help in maintaining the original look of steel structure.

AFC believes in applying intumescent coatings off-site in order that the steel work arrives on-site with the fire protection already applied. This takes the application of fire protection off the critical path, and help in reducing the overall construction programme.

The company can also apply intumescent coatings direct to structural steel when in site.

They also install/apply Vermiculite spray and high-performance cladding board systems for fire protection of structural steel. They comply with certification and work in tandem with their clients to reduce costs related to structural steel fire protection. 

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