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One shipment, one sample, one price and one contract
Warringtonfire's High Wycombe testing laboratory has everything you need to help you secure access into key international markets - all on one site, saving you both time and money. From initial enquiry through to full product certification we assign a dedicated project manager to take care of the entire process.
You can get your timber or composite door tested for:
- FIRE TESTING: BS EN 1634-1 or BS 476 Part 22
- SMOKE TESTING: EN 1634-3 or BS 476 Part 31.1
- ACOUSTIC TESTING: BS EN 10140-2
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01494 840 416Why Warringtonfire for your Testing?
A lasting partnership
The most enduring relationships are built upon mutual trust and respect. At Warringtonfire, we pride ourselves on the long-term relationships and partnerships we have developed with our customers - partnerships which endure because of the value-added solutions we provide for each and every project we undertake. We work closely with you throughout the product development process, trying to understand its end-use application and helping you benefit from our wealth of experience.
Technical experts, uniquely placed to provide solutions
Our technical leadership in product testing, assessment and certification means that you will benefit from industry leading experience, knowledge and support right from the very start of the relationship, including in-house fire testing experts.
As one of the world’s leading fire engineering organizations, your project manager has access to our international team of fire consultants, so we can help you find a bespoke solution, whatever the project. In fact, with our suite of global fire testing, inspection, certification and consultancy services and our unrivaled understanding of fire behavior, we are uniquely placed to provide you with the solution you need. Call Warringtonfire today, on 01494 840 416.
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About Warringtonfire’s Fire Resistance Testing
Warringtonfire are a global leader in fire resistance testing for construction, furniture, marine and rail sectors and specialise in testing passive fire protection products including fire doors, structural steelwork protection, fire stopping products and large-scale testing of cladding. We offer independent, locally accredited fire resistance testing services for passive fire protection products for both commercial and domestic building types.
What is Fire Resistance Testing?
Fire resistance can be determined through destructive fire testing, designed to replicate the product’s intended end-use. The specimen to be tested is built into an appropriate supporting construction within a restraint frame and mounted onto a front of a furnace. The temperature within the furnace is controlled according to an internationally accepted time/temperature regime.
Products we can test for Fire Resistance
Our fire resistance testing includes the following products: building materials, doors and shutter assemblies, ducts, dampers, cable trays, floors, glazing, pipes and penetrations, intumescent paint, intumescent seals, load bearing and non-load bearing elements, suspended ceilings, walls and partitions. Our fire resistance testing is done to British, European, International standards, in line with CE marking, UKCA and UKNI marking and third-party fire door certification. We undertake this fire resistance testing from our UKAS accredited testing facilities in Warrington, High Wycombe.
What is Reaction to Fire Testing?
Reaction to fire testing looks at the combustibility and ignitability of a material i.e. its contribution to fire development and spread, rather than its ability to resist the passage of fire. How a fire develops in the very early stages is of crucial importance to ensure safe evacuation, whether you are in a plane, car, boat or building.
Our testing covers several diverse activities, all of which are carried out in specially designed fire test facilities across the globe, where we can purpose-build a wide range of structures to investigate fire behaviour in any given situation.
Why Reaction to Fire Testing?
Reaction to fire testing tends to be smaller in scale than fire resistance testing and is carried out on specific components or materials representative of end-use application. Fire spreads as a result of heat transfer when a material immediately next to a flame is heated enough for it to ignite.
How a material, substance or product will perform when exposed to a heat source can be determined through developmental research and testing programs. The early stages of a fire's development heavily influence its overall behaviour.
Legislation considers this by requiring reaction to fire testing to be performed characteristics of certain building components to be determined and then controlled. Our team of engaged experts offer a range of UKAS and NATA accredited reaction to fire testing as well as being able to devise bespoke test programs to meet clients' particular project requirements.
Fire Door Testing
Our UKAS accredited laboratories in High Wycombe and Warrington provide a full range of door and shutter assembly fire testing services together with fire resistance testing for door hardware (such as locks, latches, hinges, closers, exit devices and kick plates).
Door and shutter assembly fire testing is a route to comply with the legal requirement for manufacturers of fire doors and shutters to provide proof that their products resist fire. Fire door testing and shutter assembly fire testing will generate test evidence demonstrating fire resistance performance for the required period of time (e.g. 30, 60, 120 minutes)
The performance of doors or shutter assembly must be considered as a complete unit i.e. the door leaf/leaves, frames and all other associated component parts including door hardware. We provide accredited fire door certification and shutter assembly fire testing to British (BS 476), European (EN 1364, EN 14351-1, EN 1634) and International standards (NFPA 252, NFPA 257, ASTM 2074) on a range of passive fire protection products, doorsets, shutter assemblies and door hardware.
Once your test is completed, you will be issued with a comprehensive and internationally recognised fire resistance test report. Experienced fire consultants support our testing services and offer clients the opportunity to maximise the scope of coverage generated by their test evidence through an independently produced product assessment or extended field of application (EXAP) and classification report where applicable.
