Intumescent products are an essential part of any property’s fire protection plans. Fire protection is vital for both life safety and property protection, and it falls into two main categories: active fire protection and passive fire protection.

Active fire protection regards installations or products which will actively work in the event of a fire, including fire sprinklers, smoke venting products and fire detection alarms. While, passive fire protection refers to product that resist the fire and smoke for a certain amount of time, including fire doors and their intumescent ironmongery products, such as intumescent letter boxes and intumescent hinge pads.

These intumescent products when exposed to the heat from a fire, will react by expanding, thus preventing the passage of heat, smoke and flame to the other side of the door. These products will slow down this passage for a certain amount of time, from 30 minutes to 60 minutes. Besides preventing further spread of the fire, these intumescent products will also provide structural integrity of the door to combat any potential damage.

At Ironmongery Experts, we supply a wide range of intumescent products and other fire protection products which are ideal to safeguard your building from fire damage. This range includes fire door seals, fire and smoke seals, drop down seals and fire door retainers.

In addition to these, we have available a wide selection of intumescent products, such as intumescent letter plates, intumescent lock packs, intumescent hinge packs, intumescent air transfer grills and much more. All of these intumescent products are certified and feature different fire ratings.

To fully protect your property, ensure you use both active fire protection methods and passive fire protection methods alongside with other fire prevention guidelines. We’ve put together a list of fire prevention tips to help you keep prepared and safe in the event of a fire. Don’t hesitate to contact our team on 01376 557 561 if you require any advice regarding our fire prevention products.