Fire Resistant Paint For Steel Beams

Water based and non toxic this fire retardant fire resistant coating is applied just like standard paints by rolling brushing or spraying and can create a fire rated wall for your structure in as little as two coats.

Fire resistant paint for steel beams.

Tested to astm e84 and e119 standards for 1 and 2 hours fire rating. Fire retardant paints are most frequently used in large scale industrial spaces public buildings and facilities or on new builds. Durable thin film fire resistant paint. Also known as intumescent paint this method provides fire resistance to structural steel members.

They can also be used on smaller diy projects but not for those tasks that simply require heat resistant paint like bbqs and exhaust pipes rawlins paints is one of the uk s largest stockists of fire retardant paints and fireproofing coatings. Intumescent or fire retardant each of these coating types are further divided by the length of time they provide fire protection for 30 60 90 or 120 minutes. Fire rating solutions uses an extensive range of fire resistant intumescent and ablative paints. Sheetrock oriented strand board osb sheet metal pvc steel.

We manufacture an outperforming flameoff fire resistant paint tested to astm e84 and e119 standards and flameoff fire retardant spray tested to nfpa 701 standards. One of the key benefits is that intumescent coatings will expand as much as 100 times the original thickness of the material providing superior fire resistance by creating a buffer between the fire and the steel members the coating will undergo a chemical reaction and. Fireguard e 84 can be easily applied to. In cases where a compartment wall is built on the under side of a steel beam the wall should continue past the beams to the underside of the floor slab unless the beam is protected to at least the same standard as the compartment wall using fire protection other than intumescent paint.

2 types of fire protection paint for steel structures. These paints are suitable for both internal and external applications and provide up to 2 hours protection. Fire resistant intumescent paints for steel columns beams and cable protection.