Structural Protection
Siniat boarded protection to Structural Steel.
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What do I need to do to achieve fire protection to structural steel?
Siniat encasement systems have been discontinued effective from 29/03/26. We do offer solutions for fire‑protecting structural steel beams and columns through the Promat product range. To specify an appropriate system, three key pieces of information are required: The required fire protection period (e.g. 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes). The steel section
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Can Weather Defence™ be used for steel encasements?
Weather DefenceTM is designed and tested as an external sheathing board for use within Siniat façade and Thruwall systems. It's intended application is as a sheathing board that provides temporary weather protection during construction, allowing internal works to progress while the external wall is still in progress. Although Weather Defence™ is c
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Does Siniat sell skim plaster?
No. Siniat does not manufacture skim plaster. However, third party skim plaster can be used on our boards as an alternative to taping and jointing. Refer to skim manufacturer's guidance for application details.
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What plasterboards can be used as part of the Siniat framed encasement system?
Siniat encasement systems are all based on 12.5mm and 15mm Siniat Fireboard. Siniat Fireboard is defined as Type F to BS EN 520 and it is Siniats opinion that Fireboard can be switched with Megadeco or Universal boards to achieve the same fire protection as these are both Type F also. Should it be desired to used Universal or Megadeco instead of Fir
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How can I combine an intumescent painted steel with boarded encasement system to provide steel protection?
Situations will occur where the fire protection system needs to change from one type to another on a single beam for example. Such junctions are unlikely to be tested therefore there is a grey area in regard to liability. Siniat do not have test data on a junction where a single beam is fire protected with two different systems. Wherever possible th
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Can Siniat Weather Defence be used to encase and fire protect structural steel?
Siniat Weather Defence has not been tested as part of a structural steel fire protection encasmeent system. As such this can not be recommended and steels will require to be fully fire protected by other means.