Fire-Rated Junctions
Understanding the hidden challenges of Passive Fire Protection and uncovering the solutions.
Junctions – where walls meet ceilings, floors, structural steel, or external façades – are fundamental to a building’s fire compartmentation strategy.
Currently, there are no standardised test methods for these junctions. Designers and contractors are left relying on assumptions or extrapolated data from ‘flat’ system tests. UK standards traditionally test individual walls and ceilings – but not how they meet. This lack of standardisation has led to inconsistent guidance, on-site improvisation, costly remedial work, and increased risk to safety.
Our new best practice guide changes that.
To address this critical gap, British Gypsum has launched a new evidence-based best practice guide dedicated to fire-rated junctions. Backed by rigorous, full-scale fire testing and developed in collaboration with architects, specifiers and contractors this guide provides validated solutions you can trust.
What you’ll gain by reading:
- Clear, step-by-step detailing for critical junction types with tested configurations
- Compliance assurance aligned with standards such as BS EN 1364 and BS EN 13381
- Evidence-led solutions for safer, more efficient builds
With accountability rising under the Building Safety Act, this is essential reading for anyone designing, specifying, or installing fire-rated drylining systems.