Alfresco Floors is dedicated to making absolutely certain that all of our customers are fully informed on the standard of quality to which our products are held. Our products adhere to all relevant safety standards, regulations, and related advice as set down by fire safety...
While internal flooring is often the focus when a new building construction project is conceptualised, the choices made around external flooring are just as critical. The design and material selections made when constructing walkways can determine everything from maintenance needs through ease of accessibility. Design elements—balconies, terraces, roof gardens, and similar—can have major impacts on how a building...
Human beings are creative, dynamic, versatile, and occasionally get up to activities that are, shall we say...
After a fire in a Barking apartment building last year in 2019, concerns about the fire safety of external features and especially balcony and exterior flooring have come to the fore. Here at Alfresco Floors, we understand that contractors, architects, investors, and others involved in the...
In the years following the tragedy at Grenfell, and more recently, the student accommodation fire in Bolton, there has been much speculation as to whether the government will lower the combustible material ban from 18 to 11 metres. Since April 2020, some light has been shed on this...
Balconies, terraces, walkways and roof/winter gardens serve a multitude of purposes. An effective external area will perhaps allow for a unique seating and dining area and an opportunity to admire the views. On a practical basis, buildings will benefit from the added space that a decking solution provides. Overarching...
Here at Alfresco Floors we are keenly aware that the system you select to support your external area is just as important as what you choose for your surface materials. This has always been the case, but In light of the 2018 changes to building regulations (which state that...
Since the ban on combustible materials used on high rise buildings and “specified attachments” above 18 metres, architects, specifiers and other decision makers in built projects must make decisions driven by safety. When specifying materials for such purposes, it is essential that they are class A1 or A2 fire-rated,...
In the UK, building regulations state that any high-rise building above 18 metres (which is potentially being changed to 11 metres), should not have combustible materials within the construction of external walls and specified attachments. This means that on such buildings, only materials with an A1 or A2 fire...
You will have no doubt heard about construction products being described as ‘A1/non-combustible’, ‘A2/limited combustibility’ and so on. But how is this assessed? This blog sets out to give you a high-level overview of how materials in the UK (and other European Countries) are tested for fire ratings, allowing the...