Promat Systemglas was chosen for the replacement of a large seven-metre long multi-pane window as part of a refurbishment project at Scotland’s National Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride.
Working with Hoskins Architects, main contractor FES and Kent-based installer Rated Solutions, Promat UK was tasked with developing a fire rated solution for the prominently located window in the main exhibition hall. The brief demanded EI (integrity and insulation) protection for 60 minutes in line with the building’s fire strategy.
The timber frame Systemglas Ligna EI60 system was chosen, incorporating the intumescent Promat Promaseal-PL Strip around the perimeter of the frame as part of a tested solution. The window was split with three vertical mullions, with Promat F1 glass used in line with its fire test certification which confirms its suitability for use in a landscape orientation. The resulting glazing provides an EI60 fire rating with the added benefit of UV stability, as well as an acoustic rating of 45dBrw.
Fodos Joannides “Joe” of Rated Solutions said: “This was another interesting Systemglas project that we were proud to be involved with given the unique nature of this museum. The Ligna system, as with all the versions in the Systemglas range, is excellent to work with, giving clients finished windows and doors that tick all the boxes.”
In addition to the Ligna timber frame system, Promat Systemglas provides architects with the scope to create fire resistant glass screens, with or without doors, and numerous other glazing elements with steel frames, or frames which can be over-clad, painted or concealed in the surrounding walls, floors and ceilings to give a virtually frameless look.
the National Museum of Rural Life explores the land, people and ways of working that have shaped Scotland’s rural history. On display in the museum is Scotland’s largest collection of tractors, combine harvesters and farming machinery, while the farm is home to Ayrshire, Aberdeen Angus and Highland cattle, Tamworth pigs, sheep, hens and Clydesdale horses. Lanarkshire’s Reid family lived in the Georgian farmhouse for ten generations, and rooms are as they would have been in the 1950s.
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