Fire Safe Concrete

Mastour ReadyMix is a Ready mix concrete and cement products company Jeddah Saudi Arabia

The safety of your family is a primary consideration when purchasing a new home.Concrete homes have a  much higher level of fire safety than lightweight framed homes,with 4 times longer fire resistance – effectively 2 hours protection compared with 30minutes for lightweight timber of steel frame construction. Concrete is an incombustible material and it will not produce smoke or in any way add to the fire. Fires which occur in concrete built homes will burn at a lower temperature, the house will retain its structural stability and the structure of the building will almost always remain completely intact. The same cannot be said of lightweight framed homes, where the structural elements become part of the fire, produce higher temperatures and higher smoke levels and the building is frequently completely destroyed, requiring demolition. If you are buying an apartment which is built using lightweight framed construction – check the cost of the insurance premium. Some leading Irish Insurers will not ensure lightweight framed buildings above two storeys in height