Accelerated Weather Testing
With Lucideon, Ibstock have conducted accelerated weather testing with polished aggregate, brick faced and standard GRC panels.
The weight of brick faced GRC is 40% of hand laid brick and 25% of precast. Accellerated weather testing has been undertaken to determine the mechanical bond strength and the performance of the brick, mortar and concrete in accordance with ETAG 034. Impact and pull off testing were also undertaken with further detailed evaluation underway for review for a soffit application as well as general service as a cladding medium by the NHBC.
Fire Testing
When evaluating appropriate facade materials for your project, fire performance is of critical importance.
Both our GRC and Brick Faced GRC are EN 13501-1 tested and achieve an A1 Non-combustible Euro Class Fire Rating.
This A1 classification ensures that Ibstock facade products are compliant for use on projects above and below 18m and gives our customers reassurance that we provide fire safe facades. Click here to download our
A1 certificates.
CWCT Full Scale Structural Testing
Generally, the performance of Grade 18p GRC (as with pre-cast concrete) is determined by engineered calculations however, on a variety of projects our GRC systems have undergone CWCT weather performance and impact testing.
The Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (The CWCT) is an independent provider of technical guidance and information for testing the structural integrity of facade systems and building envelopes.
Systems undergo a range of tests to measure: