Fire Compliance Remediation in Blackburn

Commercial buildings in Blackburn and East Lancashire must comply with Approved Document B of the Building Regulations regarding structural fire resistance, alongside requirements from the building's use, occupancy classification, height, and any planning or insurance conditions.

Fire compliance issues for existing buildings most commonly arise from: change of use — repurposing from low-occupancy industrial to higher-occupancy commercial or residential; insurance assessment identifying inadequate or deteriorated fire protection; building regulation enforcement where material alteration requires the structure to be brought up to current standards; or deterioration of existing intumescent coatings.

The correct fire resistance period and specification must be confirmed by a competent fire protection engineer or building control body — we do not provide fire engineering advice. We apply specified systems correctly.

Prokol fire protection coatings are spray-applied systems providing: intumescent coatings for structural steelwork — expand under heat to form a char layer insulating the steel; fire-retardant coatings for surfaces where flame spread control is required.

Application requires specialist spray equipment and trained applicators. The number of coats and total dry film thickness required depends on the steel section size, the required fire resistance period (30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes), and the applicable standard — all confirmed at specification stage from a competent fire protection engineer or building control body. We do not provide fire engineering calculations or determine the required resistance period.