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Re: [update] Grenfell Tower report published
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Originally Posted by nomadking
The Celotex insulation was listed on the RIBA website as being suitable for high-rise buildings. I checked at the time. If you were an architect, you would see that and use it. The snag is that was a caveat where the flammable insulation had to be encased in non-combustible material to keep it safe and avoid spreading of any fire.
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Because Celotex lied…
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In an attempt to break into the lucrative high-rise housing market, Ipswich-based manufacturer Celotex embarked on a “dishonest scheme to mislead its customers and the wider market”, Moore-Bick concluded. It tested its insulation behind non-combustible cladding, reinforced with additional fire-resisting boards — but did not mention the boards in the test report.
The test had been “manipulated”, Moore-Bick said, with Celotex only later revealing key details about its product “deliberately” tucked away in the small print of its literature.
Celotex presented its product to Harley Facades, the cladding subcontractor, as “suitable and safe” for Grenfell “although it knew that was not the case”, the report said.
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