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Tuffa Firestop Bunded Tanks

Ensuring Compliance - Tuffa Firestop

Following much investment and continual R & D in the product, Tuffa is extremely proud of our fire protection certifications. This also means it is a lot easier for installers as the assessment has approved the product to comply with building regulations. When a tank replacement is undertaken and the new installation requires fire protection measures, by fitting the Firestop bunded tank it allows the tank to remain in the same position. More preferable for the customer not having to relocate the tank to a position potentially unacceptable, and the physical restraints encountered by the installing engineer are relaxed.

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Tuffa Firestop

Tuffa Firestop, the oil storage tank with fitted fire barrier has now received national LABC (Local Authority Building Control) approval on its Fire Protection. An estimated 60% of tanks installed are non compliant with building regulations, so this product is an ideal solution.

The Tuffa FireStop is designed with a 'fire barrier' to protect oil tanks where fire protection is neccessary. The fire barrier is constructed from high quality fire retardent material with the following achievements:

• Independently tested to BS476: Part 22: 1987
• Independently tested to BS476 (Warrington Fire Research Centre)
• Meets Section J 5.4 of Building Regulations, Table 5.1 for Fire Protection for Oil Storage Tanks
• LABC (Local Authority Building Control) approved

Tuffa Firestop can be specified to obtain a satisfactory degree of safety in the advent of a spreading fire as required by Building Regulations. Tuffa UK achieves this requirement by protecting the fuel contents using the appropriate methodology as described in BS5410; Tuffa UK do not achieve this by just a single means but via the double approach of providing an actual physical fire barrier and, by the complete enclosure of our tank in a non-combustible fire resistance construction.

The FireStop is also the only system on the market that fits integrally onto our plastic bunded tanks and can also be manufactured in a steel tank. It uses a simple method that requires no brickwork, barriers or firewalls to be erected on site making sure there are no delays in installing the tank or added costs.

Our FireStop bunded tank can be manufactured to fit any capacity tank and can range from 30 minutes and 60 minutes making it suitable for domestic, industrial and commercial applications.

All tanks come complete with as standard:

• Integrally fitted fire protection
• Fire Protected Vent
• 10mm top outlet or 1" bottom outlet
• 2" fill point complete with cap and chain
  
• Easy access flip lid (gas strut assisted)
• Watchman remote reading gauge
• Overfill Prevention Valve
• Clock gauge
  

UK Patent GB2415460B

Please visit www.competentplumber.co.uk or www.aphc.co.uk for assistance regarding installation, and more. Larger sizes available upon request.

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