Cladding

More than half of council tower blocks in Bristol have flammable polystyrene cladding which will be removed after a fire last month. Removing the cladding could take a decade and fire safety experts are warning hundreds of tower blocks across the country might be affected. Residents living in nearly […] Click here to view original…

More than half of council tower blocks in Bristol have flammable polystyrene cladding which will be removed after a fire last month. Removing the cladding could take a decade and fire safety experts are warning hundreds of tower blocks across the country might be affected. Residents living in nearly […] Click here to view original…

The Cable investigates how flammable cladding fuelled a fire at the tower block, the impact it’s had on the community, and why the council’s communication is making matters worse. * Following this investigation, Bristol City Council has confirmed Eccleston House was fitted with an EPS cladding system that contributed […] Click here to view original…

Guy’s Hospital Unsafe cladding has been removed from the Guy’s Hospital cancer centre five years after it failed fire safety tests in 2017. The tests were carried out following the Grenfell Fire in June 2017, which killed 72 people. Removal works were supposed to begin in autumn that year […] Click here to view original…

RESIDENTS living in a block of flats in Basingstoke are still waiting for work to be carried out to remove potentially dangerous combustible cladding. As previously reported, the external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the flammable material ‘expanded polystyrene’ and features no fire breaks. […] Click here to view original…

Photo by Sarah Gaunt (Image: Sarah Gaunt) RESIDENTS living in a block of flats in Basingstoke are still waiting for work to be carried out to remove potentially dangerous combustible cladding. As previously reported, the external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the flammable material […] Click here to view original…

The fire in Barton Hill’s Eccleston House, Bristol Flammable cladding “contributed to the spread” of a fire at a tower block in Barton Hill that left three people in hospital. As many other council tower blocks in Bristol have the same type of cladding, new fire marshals will begin […] Click here to view original…

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSrep) — The Financial Conduct Authority, London, England, issued a 68-page report in September 2022 entitled “Report on Insurance for Multi-Occupancy Buildings.” Here are excerpts: CONTENTS 1 Executive summary … 3 2 Overview … 14 3 Our review and findings … 21 4 Recommendations and potential […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, Emergency services were called to a building in Barton Hill on 20 October Flammable cladding “contributed to the spread” of a tower block blaze that left three people in hospital, firefighters believe. The fire at Eccleston House in Bristol on 20 October injured six people and the […] Click here to view original…

Flammable cladding at Eccleston House contributed to the spread of a deliberately started fire at a tower block in Barton Hill, the city council has confirmed It is also introducing immediate waking watches at the 38 at risk blocks of flats after the local fire brigade warned that EPS […] Click here to view original…