A1 Fire-rated News
Product of the Month: July 2023
- Rytons Sub-floor Ventilators - Reliable ventilation in three simple stages. • ONE • Make ventilation calculations for suspended timber and block and beam floor voids in just a few clicks with Rytons sub-floor ventilation calculator – it’s free, it’s online - give it a try. • TWO • House building or apartment building, select [...]
Product of the Month: June 2023
- Rytons Rytweep® - Satisfy the regulations for cavity weep hole ducts in masonry wall constructions with Rytons Rytweep® - the industry’s favourite concealed weep design. With options available in plastic and non-combustible Class A1 fire-rated metal, you will find a Rytweep® suitable for all your projects, from houses to high-rise apartment buildings. Remember, the [...]
Focus On: Cavity Vents and Weeps
Did you know Rytons invented the first pre-formed perpend cavity vent over 50 years ago? In 1972 Rytons launched the Slim Vent® Minor, giving architects and contractors a new quick, easy and uniform way of preventing condensation in cavity walls. It was so simple and effective that pre-formed units soon became the industry standard they [...]
Rytons Launch NEW Bespoke External Weather Louvre Service
Rytons bespoke External Weather Louvre service allows you to design custom air transfer grilles with RAL colour powder coating to suit the requirements and aesthetic of the building. Custom-made grilles in any size, with or without mesh screening. Made from A1 fire-rated, non-combustible, galvanised steel. Any RAL colour powder coating to Class A2-s1, d0 as [...]
Introducing Rytons A1® Fire-rated Round FlowRyt® Range
Twelve new and unique additions to Rytons A1® fire-rated range of non-combustible grilles and ducting kits - giving you even more fire-safe ventilation options for high-rise buildings and those undergoing unsafe cladding remediation work. 3 NEW Rytons A1® Fire-rated Round FlowRyt® Grilles with Spigots New round non-combustible metal outlets for 100mm, 125mm and 150mm dia. [...]
5 Unique Benefits of Rytons Metal Air Bricks
Rytons A1® Fire-rated Air Bricks are single, double, triple and soldier size galvanised steel air bricks. Available in three styles - Return Grille, Square Holed and FlowRyt® - each air brick provides a high air flow whilst maintaining low resistance. Fire classification A1 they are suitable for use in the external walls of high-rise ‘relevant [...]
Rytons Metal Air Bricks Help with Rat Problems
When searching for food and shelter, a rat's powerful jaw enables them to chew through a wide range of building materials, including the most durable plastic air bricks on the market, to enter a property. When it comes to replacing damaged plastic bricks, it is important that the new air bricks have a similar air [...]
2022 Approved Document B (Fire Safety) Update
Effective today (1 December 2022), Building Regulations Approved Document B has extended the ban on combustible materials to more residential constructions in England, strengthening fire safety standards further. The 2022 amendments include new restrictions on materials used within the external surfaces of residential buildings over 11m high and boundary walls of those 11m high and [...]