Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
  • E04G23/00—Working measures on existing buildings
  • E04G23/02—Repairing, e.g. filling cracks; Restoring; Altering; Enlarging
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
  • E04B1/92—Protection against other undesired influences or dangers
  • E04B1/94—Protection against other undesired influences or dangers against fire
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
  • E04G23/00—Working measures on existing buildings
  • E04G23/02—Repairing, e.g. filling cracks; Restoring; Altering; Enlarging
  • E04G23/0203—Arrangements for filling cracks or cavities in building constructions

Definitions

• This invention relates to a process for protecting objects in the event inter alia of a fire and apparatus for use in this process.
• The' present invention sets out to provide an economic and effective process for protecting and conserving such objects; the invention also sets out to provide apparatus for use in this process.
• apparatus for protecting the exposed surfaces of objects comprising an absorbent sheet of woven cloth material impregnated on at least one of its sides with a solution containing an intumescent substance, and an adhesive including an intumescent substance for adhering the sheet to the object to be protected.
• the apparatus may also comprise an intumescent containing filler for effecting repairs to cracks and the like.
• the apparatus may also include an intumescent containing coating and/or intumescent containing masonry paint.
• the intumescent substance for both the solution and the adhesive may comprise an alkaline metal silicate or exfoliating graphite.
• the intumescent content of the filler, coating and/or masonry paint may also comprise an alkaline metal silicate or exfoliating graphite.
• a preferred alkaline metal silicate is sodium silicate and the solution may, for example, contain up to about 50% by weight of the intumescent substance. In a preferred embodiment, the solution contains up to about 30% by weight, more especially up to about 20% by weight of the intumescent substance.
• concentration of intumescent substance employed will depend inter alia upon the degree of intumescence and longevity of fire protection required.
• the liquid carrier of the solution may be aqueous or non-aqueous. If aqueous, the liquid carrier may additionally contain one or more volatile organic solvents in order to reduce the drying time of the solution.
• the liquid carrier of the solution may contain thickening agents, suspending agents and stabilising agents, and may be in the form of an emulsion or suspension.
• the absorbent sheet may comprise woven cloth produced from, for example, glass fibres. In a preferred embodiment both sides of the sheet are impregnated with the intumescent containing solution.
• the intumescent containing solution may be applied to the sheet with, for example, a brush or spray.
• the sheet may be immersed in a quantity of the solution.
• the sheet may be pre-coated with a layer of adhesive on one of its surfaces, the layer being protected by a removable sheet of, for example, cloth, paper or card.
• the adhesive may be sprayed onto the sheet and/or onto the object to be protected just prior to application of the cloth sheet to the object's surface.
• the invention provides a process for protecting the exposed surfaces of objects of historical significance which comprises applying to the exposed surface of the object a coating of a clear washable solution comprising a quantity of intumescent material.
• the invention provides a process for protecting an object against fire, inclement weather or general decay by applying to the object's surface a sheet of woven cloth coated on at least one of its surfaces with a solution of an intumescent containing substance, the cloth being adhered to the object's surface by an adhesive which includes an intumescent substance.
• the surface of the object may be cleaned or stripped prior to the application of the cloth.
• the cloth may be applied to the object surface without prior cleaning or stripping.
• cracks or other unwanted indentations may be filled with an intumescent containing filler.
• a protective coating containing an intumescent substance may be applied to the exposed cloth surface.
• one or more coatings of an intumescent containing masonry paint may be applied to the covered object surface.
• each surface of a woven cloth sheet was impregnated with an intumescent containing solution marketed by the applicants under the trading style FB56.
• the cloth was allowed to dry and is then wrapped around and adhered to the surface of the object (for example a pillar or column comprising a tree trunk) to be protected using an adhesive marketed by the applicants under the trading designation 1A Intumescent Adhesive (Product 46).
• the cloth surface was coated with Applicants' intumescent coating product HW01 (Product 42) and, once dry, painted using a suitable masonry or other paint which may or may not include a quantity of intumescent material. Cracks or other unwanted indentations in the object surface were filled using the Applicants' intumescent filler material (Product 63) may be employed.
• the intumescent substance for both the solution and the adhesive comprised an alkaline metal silicate or exfoliating graphite.
• the intumescent content of the filter, coating and masonry paint also included an alkaline metal silicate or exfoliating graphite.
• a preferred alkaline metal silicate is sodium silicate and the solution may, for example, contain up to about 50% by weight of the intumescent substance. In a preferred embodiment, the solution contains up to about 30% by weight, more especially up to about 20% by weight of the intumescent substance.
• concentration of intumescent substance employed will depend inter alia upon the degree of intumescence required.
• roof beams which in their unpreserved form comprised timber beams wrapped in a type of cloth weave hessian on the surface of which were water based paintings were initially sprayed with a washable intumescent containing coating material marketed by the Applicants under their trading style 321 (Product 66).
• the beams were treated as mentioned above using a covering of woven cloth sheet impregnated with an intumescent containing solution and an adhesive containing an intumescent material.
• the applied cloth and coatings provide protection for the respective object against general wear and tear, inclement weather and decay.
• One advantage of the invention is that no or limited preparation of the object surface is required. There is, for example, no need to remove from the object surface paint or other decorations applied to the surface. In the event of fire, the intumescent contents of the impregnated cloth and other coating material expands rapidly to protect the covered object for periods of an hour or more.

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