Kingspan used test results from trial product to reassure worried contractors

By Tom Lowe2020-12-02T12:38:00

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The trial insulation product tested was not what was being sold on the market, inquiry hears

Kingspan used results of a fire test of a trial product to reassure contractors that a combustible insulation product was safe to use high rise buildings, the Grenfell Inquiry has heard.

The insulation manufacturer conducted tests of a trial product in 2014 after a fire consultancy had threatened to expose the firm’s K15 insulation as not safe to use on buildings above 18m.

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