Construction Fire Testing

Warringtonfire’s team of engaged experts offer a wide variety of services to the construction industry. One of the ways we support this sector is through our construction fire testing capabilities. Our reaction to fire laboratory in Warrington is UKAS-accredited and our Gent laboratory is BELAC-accredited. We test building materials according to national, European and international standards.

Standards We Test To

Our construction fire testing is mainly to flammability standards with some smoke density.

UK Standards

• BS 476 Part 4 Non-combustibility
• BS 476 Part 7 Spread of flame (Click here to see a short video on the test)

European Specification EN 13501-1: Reaction to Fire

• EN ISO 1182 Non-combustibility
• EN ISO 1716 Bomb calorimeter
• EN 13823 Single burning item (SBI) (Click here to see a short video on the test)
• EN ISO 11925 Ignitability
• EN ISO 9239-1 Radiant panel test for floorings (Click here to see a short video on the test)
• EN 13820 organic content
• EN 15725 and CEN/TS 15117: Extended application of test results (EXAP)
• Calorimetry prediction software 

French Standards NF P 92-507

• NF P 92-501 Epiradiateur
• NF P 92-503 Bruleur electric
• NF P 92-504 Flame spread
• NF P 92-505 Dripping-test  

International ISO Standards

• ISO 5560 (Click here to see a short video on the test)
• ISO 9705
• ISO 1182
• ISO 1716: Determines the gross heat of combustion (calorific value) of a material
• ISO 9239.1: Determines the critical heat flux (CHF), also commonly known as the critical radiant flux (CRF) in the National Construction Code. The test is used to assess the wind-opposing behaviours and spread of flame of horizontally mounted floorings exposed to a heat flux gradient. This test method is applicable to all types of floorings (eg textile carpet, cork, wood, rubber).