Fire & historic buildings
Wednesday 9 October 2024
An informative day considering the issues relating to fire and historic buildings, including the spread and growth of fire and how it affects traditional building materials.
Session 1
Overview of fires in historic buildings - threats to heritage buildings, fires in heritage buildings and rebuilding, weaknesses and fire spread, historic fire testing and solutions.
Session 2
Legislation and guides - heritage background, heritage legislation, codes of practice, fire safety order, fire risk assessments, suppression systems
Session 3
Cathedrals, churches, roofs and fire fighting – statistics, collapse of stone vaulting, compressive strength of limestone, timber trusses, fire fighting in cathedrals
Session 4
Fire Doors - types of historic doors, fire testing of doors, typical failures of doors, building a new copy of a medieval door.
Q&A
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Wednesday 9 October 2024
An informative day considering the issues relating to fire and historic buildings, including the spread and growth of fire and how it affects traditional building materials.
Session 1
Overview of fires in historic buildings - threats to heritage buildings, fires in heritage buildings and rebuilding, weaknesses and fire spread, historic fire testing and solutions.
Session 2
Legislation and guides - heritage background, heritage legislation, codes of practice, fire safety order, fire risk assessments, suppression systems
Session 3
Cathedrals, churches, roofs and fire fighting – statistics, collapse of stone vaulting, compressive strength of limestone, timber trusses, fire fighting in cathedrals
Session 4
Fire Doors - types of historic doors, fire testing of doors, typical failures of doors, building a new copy of a medieval door.
Q&A