With timber frame construction expected to continue growing in popularity, it’s critical that any building made from the material is adequately protected against the spread of fire. Here, cavity ...

Former residents of a timber-frame building destroyed by a fire in 2019 have expressed concern over reports of damaged cavity barriers in the rebuild project. Richmond House, part of the Worcester ...

A timber-framed housing association block in which a serious fire broke out last year was fitted with “defective” cavity barriers that “contributed nothing to control of the fire”, a report obtained ...

One of the city's most lavish and prominent apartment blocks is to have "combustible cladding" removed and replaced. An application has been put in to Plymouth City Council's planning department for ...