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As far as is reasonably practicable, to contain any fire within the enclosure or cabinet and to minimise the escape of flames.Totally irrelevant. And there is nothing in the Regs about making a CU 'airtight' , if anything that's counter productive as we're told to install in such a way to minimise the build up of heat or words to that effect.
Intumescent foam, of course.Won't be long before everyone is filling a consumer unit with expanding foam
Might have been before the sparky pulled them out the way to get his cables down.There shouldn't be a chimney effect as there should be cavity barriers for this purpose.
Here we go againImagine telling a customer that they need to spend a load of money on a new metal consumer unit, telling them how much safer it is in a fire and then leaving a dirty great hole in their wall partition.
There is no argument for not sealing it up.
I think that most people would know what Brian meant when saying “airtight”.Totally irrelevant. And there is nothing in the Regs about making a CU 'airtight' , if anything that's counter productive as we're told to install in such a way to minimise the build up of heat or words to that effect.
Has the penetration breached a fire compartment because if not no further action is required.I think that most people would know what Brian meant when saying “airtight”.
Also, I don't understand how you can disagree about leaving a dirty, great hole in a wall cavity.
Have a read of section 527.
Has the penetration breached a fire compartment because if not no further action is required.
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