Fibreglass insulation used improperly as a substitute for a proper firestop at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fireproofing is also a form of thermal insulation.
Fibreglass insulation used improperly as a substitute for a proper firestop at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fireproofing is also a form of thermal insulation.
Fibreglass pipe covering with interrupted vapour barrier at the firestop.
Stone wool pipe covering with uninterrupted vapour barrier at the firestop.
Stone wool inappropriately used = building code and fire code violation.
Polystyrene foam form and fibreglass pipe covering used in preparation for a fire test for a firestop.
Fibreglass and foamed rubber pipe insulation used in a successful firestopfire test. Note that both of these insulations were wrapped with 3M intumescent wrap strip FS195 inside the firestop mortar.
What fibreglass looks like after a fire test. This is why one needs intumescents when fibreglass pipe covering goes through the firestop.
Roxul RXL80 Stone wool Sample, scanned at 1600dpi against the grain
Roxul RXL80 Stone wool Sample, scanned at 1600dpi with the grain
Stone wool pipe insulation being applied to a steel pipe in preparation for a fire test for a firestop system using firestop mortar. The subsequent test achieved a 2 hour rating.
Foamglass pipe covering used in successful 2 hour ULC firestop fire test
Air conditioner with piping covered by foamed rubber refrigeration insulation.
Fire test construction showing fibreglass insulated pipe with foil scrim kraft facing, subsequently choked off by intumescent wrap strip FS195.
House Insulation
Refrigeration insulation used around copper piping inside marine firestop, BC Superferries, 1992
Double insulation symbol
Thermal insulation used in a car firewall to separate the car interior from the engine, in case of an accidental fire.
Huygens spacecraft insulation
More from Huygens
Huygens' rear end.
Stud cavity insulation made of stone wool, with firestop.
Spacecraft insulation came off the tank.
Exterior wall insulation.
Nature's thermal insulation
Coasters are insulation too, keeping condensate rings off your table.
Roving fibreglass
Fibreglass used a packing for an intumescent firestop caulking.
Stone wool used to firestop a building joint.
Stone wool used to firestop a building joint.
Stone wool used to firestop a building joint.
Firestop installation using stone wool insulation.
Underside of firestop where stone wool is used to hold up firestop mortar.
Fibreglass insulation used improperly as a substitute for a proper firestop at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fireproofing is also a form of thermal insulation.
Fibreglass insulation used improperly as a substitute for a proper firestop at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fireproofing is also a form of thermal insulation.
Fibreglass pipe covering with interrupted vapour barrier at the firestop.
Stone wool pipe covering with uninterrupted vapour barrier at the firestop.
Stone wool inappropriately used = building code and fire code violation.
Fibreglass and foamed rubber pipe insulation used in a successful firestop fire test. Note that both of these insulations were wrapped with 3M intumescent wrap strip FS195 inside the firestop mortar.
Wallheating Pipes on bast fiber insulation
Slagwool(stone wool)
Cellulose insulation(wall)
Cellulose insulation(floor)
Cellulose insulation
Cellulose insulation(floor)
