Fire Protection
FIRE PROTECTION WITH KS STRUCTURES
Extensive fire investigations and tests have shown that calcium silicate blocks have advantageous properties with respect to fire protection. KS brickwork has a high degree of fire resistance. This has been proven in practice.
Fire protection according to DIN 4102-4 (March 1994). As of March 1994, DIN 4102-4 has been in effect, describing regulations on classified building materials, components and special building elements:
Non-load bearing, room enclosing building components include walls for the separation of fire compartments or for the protection of escape routes, only exposed on one side.
Load bearing, room enclosing building components include walls that in the case of fire must bear the load of ceilings, etc. and prevent the spread of fire from room to room (e.g. stairwell, flat, or fire compartment walls, or walls to escape routes). They are only exposed on one side.
Load bearing, non-enclosing building components include walls that in the case of fire must bear the load of ceilings, etc. and are simultaneously exposed on two, three or four sides (load bearing interior walls in a flat, exterior wall panels with a width of <= 1.0 m or brickwork pillars).
Fire walls and complex dividing walls are building components that are subject to increased demands regarding fire protection, structural integrity in the case of falling building components and fire flashover protection.
The performance of load bearing walls in fires is strongly dependent on the degree of usage. Calcium silicate bricks are classified according to DIN 4102-4 under building materials class A1, as is mortar according to DIN 1053.
Calcium silicate is not combustible. The favorable behaviour in fire is a result of the building material components as well as the manufacturing process. In the case of fire, large amounts of energy are needed to disengage the chemically combined water from the building material matrix. The calcium silicate structure is compromised only when the temperature in the building component exceeds 600xC.
Extensive fire investigations and tests have shown that calcium silicate blocks have advantageous properties with respect to fire protection. KS brickwork has a high degree of fire resistance. This has been proven in practice.
Fire protection according to DIN 4102-4 (March 1994). As of March 1994, DIN 4102-4 has been in effect, describing regulations on classified building materials, components and special building elements:
Non-load bearing, room enclosing building components include walls for the separation of fire compartments or for the protection of escape routes, only exposed on one side.
Load bearing, room enclosing building components include walls that in the case of fire must bear the load of ceilings, etc. and prevent the spread of fire from room to room (e.g. stairwell, flat, or fire compartment walls, or walls to escape routes). They are only exposed on one side.
Load bearing, non-enclosing building components include walls that in the case of fire must bear the load of ceilings, etc. and are simultaneously exposed on two, three or four sides (load bearing interior walls in a flat, exterior wall panels with a width of <= 1.0 m or brickwork pillars).
Fire walls and complex dividing walls are building components that are subject to increased demands regarding fire protection, structural integrity in the case of falling building components and fire flashover protection.
The performance of load bearing walls in fires is strongly dependent on the degree of usage. Calcium silicate bricks are classified according to DIN 4102-4 under building materials class A1, as is mortar according to DIN 1053.
Calcium silicate is not combustible. The favorable behaviour in fire is a result of the building material components as well as the manufacturing process. In the case of fire, large amounts of energy are needed to disengage the chemically combined water from the building material matrix. The calcium silicate structure is compromised only when the temperature in the building component exceeds 600xC.
Fire protection with KS wall structures
Lintels and ring beams made of KS U-Blocks, Flat Lintels, Pre-fabricated Lintels
Fire protection with KS pillars
Fire protection with KS Firewalls and complex dividing walls
Lintels and ring beams made of KS U-Blocks, Flat Lintels, Pre-fabricated Lintels
Fire protection with KS pillars
Fire protection with KS Firewalls and complex dividing walls
