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Why Do Codes Require Thermal or Ignition Barriers?
SPF (spray polyurethane foam), like most other organic materials, is combustible. Although SPFs are formulated with flame retardants to meet the requirements of various construction codes and minimum performance standards there is still a need to provide further...
Great Video from our friends at IDI – More Than Meeting Code: How to Use Thermal Ignition Barriers
When it comes to increasing your profits with thermal ignition barriers, it’s more than just meeting code compliance. Being certified in DC315 thermal barrier coating use can add a significant advantage to your spray foam company. Get a detailed tutorial on how to use...
IFTI Launches New Online Job Work Record
After lots of hard work and dedication, we are delighted to officially announce the launch of our new ONLINE JOB WORK RECORD system. We wanted to make the new work record faster, easier to navigate, and more user-friendly for our installers to complete and submit...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
From all of us here at IFTI we want to wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful Happy New Year!!! Lets go 2021!!!
Great Post By Our Friends At IDI “America’s Insulation Experts”
WHEN YOUR HABITAT BECOMES UNINHABITABLE: A LESSON IN BUILDING SCIENCE, EQUIPMENT SIZING, VENTILATION & INSULATION I got a call yesterday from someone, we’ll call him “Bob”, who attended IDI’s regional insulation class in MN this year. It’s his first year in the...
Learn How to Validate the Thickness of Field Applied Coatings
Intumescent Coatings used as alternative thermal barriers for spray foam are applied on site, normally by spray foam applicators, in order to meet Code requirements for fire protection of the underlying spray foam. Being a field applied product we are often asked by...
DC315 Q & A Sorting Through The Confusion
NFPA Journal – Inside Threat Interior Finish Fire Testing
News & Research / Publications and media / NFPA Journal® / 2014 / July August 2014 / Interior finishes Author(s): James Lathrop. Published on July 1, 2014. It has long been recognized in the fire protection community that interior finishes can present...
Carlisle Offering Designers More Options
Carlisle Spray Foam Insulation and Petersen Aluminum Corporation recently announce that an exterior wall assembly with SealTite™ PRO closed-cell spray foam insulation and PAC-CLAD® aluminum cladding has passed the requirements of the National Fire Protection...
Understanding Key words and phrases used in Thermal Barrier, Ignition Barrier and Fire Protection
Alternative Ignition Barrier: (4 minutes 15 second Fire Test) An assembly consisting of either the exposed SPF or the assembly of SPF with a fire-protective product that complies with the conditions of acceptance of Appendix X or for attic floors, complies with ASTM...