March News

Re-defining high-rise living with Pyroguard Balustrades

Located on the curve of the River Thames, Deanston Wharf is one of many new developments to feature a series of glazed winter gardens. This rising architectural trend offers a modern and striking external feature, providing residents with access to a garden space that they can enjoy year-round, bringing the outside in, and vice versa.

Due to the high-rise setting, fire safety glass was a critical requirement for the construction of the glazed balcony spaces, making Pyroguard Balustrades the perfect solution to deliver superior fire protection without compromising on aesthetics.

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Pyroguard reinforces commitment to Middle East market

As part of our ongoing strategic expansion programme, we have made key sales appointments to significantly increase our market presence across the Middle East, with Lee Coates joining us as Export Business Development Director and Sherif Khalifa as Technical Sales Manager.

Speaking about the appointments, Steve Goodburn, Pyroguard’s Business Development Director, said: “I am delighted to welcome Lee and Sherif to the team and look forward to working with them to strengthen our presence in the Middle East. At Pyroguard, we are committed to supporting our customers and partners across the region and these latest appointments will play a key role in achieving this.

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Pyroguard Advance - our 'next generation' of cuttable fire safety glass

Pyroguard Advance 2-EW60/11-2 - our 'next generation' of cuttable fire safety glass for the timber fire door market is now available as an 11 mm product, providing larger tested pane sizes and improved UV stability!

With our technical know-how and 35 years' industry experience we've been able to develop a brand-new range of laminated fire safety glass that provides exceptional fire protection for up to 60 minutes.

Pyroguard Advance is a high-performance product, featuring an innovative gel interlayer technology that is fully compatible with a wide range of designs, beads and sealants including many economy systems.

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Bringing glass back into balconies

Following the recent amendments to UK building regulations and the subsequent ban on certain laminated glass being used in high-rise balustrade and balcony and applications, it can often be complicated when looking for a glass solution that ticks all the boxes for both fire safety and aesthetics.

In response to this, we developed Pyroguard Balustrades, a toughened laminated fire safety glass solution for balustrade, balcony and winter garden applications suitable for installation on buildings over 11 m tall.

? Available in a range of thicknesses (from 19 – 33 mm)

? Reaction to Fire classification (A2-s1,d0)

? 1B1 impact resistance

? Bespoke system options engineered to meet specific project requirements

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NEW timber door solutions with Pyroguard Protect EI30!

Having successfully tested two of our largest timber profiles to date, we can now provide you with a new range of certified timber door solutions that meet an EI30 fire rating covering GDC and joinery doors.

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