Fire performance of plastics in building

This paper describes part of the work at RAPRA which has been sponsored by the BPF Building Group. The safe use of plastics in building from the viewpoint of fire and the performance of plastics in the framework of existing regulations are considered and the relevance of some tests are discussed. Attention is also given to smoke and toxic products. Some important topics are not included, however, one notable omission being a consideration of expanded plastics for thermal insulation.