Ductwork System
Ductwork System
Ductwork System
May 2002
F I R E S A F E
(5-)
Km1
(K2)
Fire
Construction type
Ductwork
I N S U L A T I O N
Advantages
Fully certified to BS 47624 (duct types A and B)
1/2, 1, 11/2 and 2 hour fire protection for
stability, integrity and insulation
Choice of fixing options
Single layer, enabling verification of system
installation
Space efficient, non-brittle, strong and safe
Multi-role insulation: fire protection, acoustic
and thermal
Contents System options 2 Standards and regulations 2 Circular and oval ducts 3 Product properties 4
Fire protection thicknesses 4 Hangers, bearers and flanges 4 Ancillaries and fixings 5 Wall penetrations 6
Two and three-sided applications and elbows 6 Access hatches 6 Criteria for ductwork 7 Typical specification clauses 8
Three products are available in the Conlit Ductwork range:Conlit Ductwork Slab for rectangular ducts (orange panel
opposite).
Conlit Ductwork Section for circular ducts between 17 mm
and 610 mm diameter (page 3, opposite).
Conlit Ductwork PSM for circular ducts greater than 406 mm
diameter (page 3, opposite)
All three Conlit Ductwork products are supplied faced on
one side with reinforced aluminium foil.
Full product descriptions and available sizes are given on
page 4.
Mitre-joint method
All joints bonded with Conlit
Glue. Longitudinal corner
joints secured with nails
while Conlit Glue cures.
Figure 1 Conlit
Ductwork Section
applied to circular
duct
Attachment by welded pins allows extremely rapid installation with slab joints simply
butted together.
4
Welded pins are generally spaced at 350 mm maximum centres along the length of the duct
and at at 500 mm maximum centres across the width and depth of the duct. Pins are
required on all four sides of vertical ducts, but may be omitted from the top face of
horizontal ducts (see page 5).
Fire resistance
Fire
resistance
(hours)
Duct
type
Required
Conlit
thickness
(mm)
Joint
options
(see Fig. 3
below)
1/2
Vertical
Horizontal
Kitchen extract
25
25
40
C
C
BC
30
30
30
17 30
17 30
17 30
1000 1000
1000 1000
1500 1500
Vertical
Horizontal
Kitchen extract
30
40
90
C
BC
ABC
40
40
40
17 40
17 40
17 40
1000 1000
1500 1500
1500 1500
1 1/2
Vertical
Horizontal
50
70
BC
ABC
50
50
17 50
17 50
1500 1500
1200 1200
Vertical
Horizontal
70
90
ABC
ABC
60
60
17 60
17 60
1500 1500
1000 1000
Hanger protection
Conlit
Conlit
Ductwork Ductwork
Slab
Section
(mm)
(mm)
40 mm min
Thickness
Thickness
Thickness
Thickness
Thickness
90 mm max
40 mm min.
40 mm min
40 mm min.
Dimensions
Item
Maximum
hanger centres (mm)
1500
1500
1500
Minimum drop
rod size
M10
M10
M12
30 30 3
50 50 5
50 50 6
Minimum
angle bearer (mm)
M10 (min.)
steel drop rod
Binding
wire
or
nails as
convenient
Conlit
Ductwork Slab
Conlit Ductwork
Section
Ancillaries
Welded steel pins
Welded pins are generally spaced at 350 mm maximum
centres along the length of the duct and at 500 mm maximum
centres across the width and depth of the duct. Pins are
required on all four sides of vertical ducts, but may be omitted
from the top face of horizontal ducts (see Figures 5 and 6).
350
Top panel
(no pins necessary
on horizontal ducts)
350
350
Soffit panel
600 mm
Conlit Glue
Conlit Glue has a pH value of 11. It is provided in 17 kg
drums and should always be stirred before use.
Side panel
1000 mm
350
50
350
50
Figure 5 Steel pin arrangement where side panel does not exceed
1000 mm and soffit panel does not exceed 600 mm
350
Top panel
(no pins necessary
on horizontal ducts)
350
Pigtail screws
350
350
350
Soffit panel
> 600 mm
500
Side panel
>1000 mm.
500
500
350
350
500
50
350
500
350
500
50
Vapour barrier
Where a vapour barrier is required, all exposed Conlit edges
and penetrations through the foil must be sealed using
aluminium foil tape.
Nails
II
1200
Board 'length'
Glue
III
500
II
100
500
100
=
1800
100
Board 'length'
Figure 7 Rectangular ducts 45 mitre joint system,
showing installation sequence
Aluminium foil
Duct wall
100 mm min
100 mm min
Conlit strip
Welded
pins
Welded
pins
Welded pins
Figure 10 Three sided protection for rectangular ducts, using welded
pin fixing method
Opening in Conlit Ductwork Slab
to accommodate DW144 closed access
panel (or similar) max opening 900 900 mm
thickness
thickness
1.5 thickness (min)
1
2
3
3a
Construction detail
Requirement
Duct sheeting
Sheet thickness
Maximum duct size
Welded pin fixing
methods
Within
Details of modification
specification? where needed
3b
4
5
6
7
8
9
Mitre-joint fixing
methods
1/2 hr vertical duct
1/2 hr horizontal duct
1/2 hr kitchen extract
1 hr vertical duct
1 hr horizontal duct
1 hr kitchen extract
11/2 hr vertical duct
11/2 hr horizontal duct
2 hr vertical duct
2 hr horizontal duct
Flanged cross joint
Joint seal
Constructional fixings
Bearers
Drop rods
Drop rod anchors
Fixed through steel
suspension frame
Fixed into concrete
Spacing of
suspension system
10a Horizontal ducts
10b Vertical ducts: 2 or 3
sided protection
10c Vertical ducts: 4 sided
protection
11 Stiffening of duct at
penetration detail
1000 mm 1000 mm
1000 mm 1000 mm
1500 mm 1500 mm
1000 mm 1000 mm
1500 mm 1500 mm
1500 mm 1500 mm
1500 mm 1500 mm
1200 mm 1200 mm
1500 mm 1500 mm
1000 mm 1000 mm
Type J3, J4, J5 or J6 to HVCA specification DW/142.
May be included or omitted.
Steel
30 30 3 mm (min.) steel angle. See item 3a for ducts larger than 1500 mm.
M10 (min.) mild steel. See item 3a for ducts larger than 2000 mm.
10
12
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