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DuPont™ AirGuard® A2 FR Fire Retardant AVCL

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DuPont™ Tyvek®

A fire retardant airtight vapour control layer (AVCL).

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Application

  • Suitable for warm pitched roofs, cold pitched roofs, metal clad industrial roofs, Scottish boarded roofs, walls and suspended timber floors.
  • For use within the internal lining of roof, ceiling and wall systems.

Description

A fire retardant airtight vapour control layer (AVCL), enhancing the building fabric in terms of airtightness, energy efficiency and moisture management, improving indoor air quality and providing exceptional fire safety to the building and its occupants.


Features and benefits:

  • Fire-retardant.
  • European fire classification: A2-s1, d0 to EN 13501-1: 2007+A1:2009.
  • System classification: DuPont™ AirGuard® A2 FR AVCL and DuPont™ AirGuard® FR System Tape.
  • Tested and classified for free-span, on mineral wool slab, gypsum plasterboard or fibre cement board.
  • Fire classification surpasses all national building regulations and standards for construction materials used in walls in the UK and Ireland.
  • High vapour resistance, limiting interstitial condensation.
  • Suitable for high humidity buildings.
  • Thermal benefit; low emissivity/ reflective surface.
  • 100% airtightness.
  • Extremely robust with exceptional tear and tensile strength characteristics.

General information

Color

Silver

Finish

Laminated

Lacquered

Material

-

Manufacturer guidance

Laminate of glass fibre-mesh with lacquered Aluminium foil

Shape

Other

Guidance for specification option:

Roll.

Length

50000 mm

Width

1200 mm

Height

0.15 mm

Warranty description

25 year

Uniclass

Pr_25_57_65_60 Plastics sheetsPrimary

CAWS

P10/60 Air and vapour control layer

P10/310 Air and vapour control layer

Specification data - Plastics sheets

Material

Glass fibre-mesh.

Aluminium foil.

Purpose

Fire retardant.

Standard

To EN 13501-1.

Performance characteristics

-

Tensile strength (minimum)

800 N/ 50 mm.

Tear resistance

170/ 150 N.

Elongation to break

4%.

Water vapour resistance (minimum)

24 000 MN·s/g.

Fire performance

A2-s1,d0.

Third-party certification

British Board of Agrément (BBA) Certificate.

Root inhibitor

Aluminium foil.

Physical properties

-

Colour

Silver.

Weight (minimum)

165 g/m².

Dimensions

-

Thickness (minimum)

0.15 mm.

Width (minimum)

1.2 m.

Roll length (minimum)

50 m.

Sustainability data

Contains Red List materials

No

Country of material origin

Finland

Country of product manufacture

Germany

Embodied carbon

A1-A3 (production stage) as defined in BS EN 15804

0.12 kg CO₂ eq/kg

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