Building material flammability advice

[anto44]

I regularly cut up gas cylinders, weld fuel tanks, hydraulic equipment stuff like that without a second thought but when it comes to building stuff it's not my thing so I wanted to get advice from people that know more about this area.

 

[brightspark]

And batteries removed from the smoke alarms so there not disturbed while toasting there breakfast.

and then put the battery in the kids game

 

[Hopefuldave]

Id be far more concerned with dodgy wiring and overloaded sockets.
So many houses I see with multi cubes plugged in and usually an extension lead plugged into it too.

Yep, thanks Part P, now we can all trip over an octopus of overloaded extension leads instead of risking a couple of sparkies dodging a few quid in tax...

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[Kent]

If you think that's bad dont think about your gas supply that can blow you to the next life with a flick of your lightswitch

 

[Hopefuldave]

If you think that's bad dont think about your gas supply that can blow you to the next life with a flick of your lightswitch

But at least the Stench is added to gas - well, mine anyway...

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[Barlidge]

To add the to the comments above regard lack of oxygen once its fitted properly, I would also think the chances of an ignition source coming into contact with the underlay would be minimal and if it did it would probably be too late. Laminate burns as well, I got rid of a load recently and it stinks.

 

[dannyp]

its the kingspan/cellotex thats under the floor, in the walls that really burns tho

 

[ajlelectronics]

But at least the Stench is added to gas - well, mine anyway...

Especially after cabbage.

 

[slimjim]

I don’t know anything about building regs are fire safety

But let’s be sensible about this, in the average house, carpets - flammable, sofas etc - flammable, soft furnishings - flammable, wooden flooring etc - flammable, doors, skirting etc - flammable, floor joist and other construction timber - flammable. Wall paper and paint - massively flammable and will aid surface propagation of flames

So in the real world does a bit of paper underlay really change the risk profile in the average home ?

I thought a lot of furnishings had to be non flammable nowerdays, sofa’s that sort of thing?

I have been considering flammability whilst considering the build next year of my manshed, do I build it in single skin concrete block, then clad the outside using cedral planks, or wood frame it and use some kind of fire retardant paint on the inside, I have been used to concrete in the past, wood only used for storage, the floors and first 80cm will need to be block, as it needs set into a soil bank on 3 sides.

 

[Parm]

I thought a lot of furnishings had to be non flammable nowerdays, sofa’s that sort of thing?

I have been considering flammability whilst considering the build next year of my manshed, do I build it in single skin concrete block, then clad the outside using cedral planks, or wood frame it and use some kind of fire retardant paint on the inside, I have been used to concrete in the past, wood only used for storage, the floors and first 80cm will need to be block, as it needs set into a soil bank on 3 sides.

Im not expert on the matter as this isn't my normal bag, but I think that nothing is ever non flammable when considering soft furnishings etc in a domestsic setting

What I do know is that they have to have an amount of fire resitance, ie how long will they take to burn if a naked flame is applied. Its all to do with having a sensible evacuation time in the event of a fire

There are some fire experts on here whom I sure will be along shortly

Calling @The_Yellow_Ardvark