ROCKWOOL streamlines cavity barrier offer with SCB system launch

This new product development underlines ROCKWOOL’s commitment to offering products tested to the latest BS EN standards, while simultaneously providing customers with a more streamlined range.

ROCKWOOL SCB combines the functions of the currently available TCB and PWCB, building and expanding on their scope of application to replace these products. SCB will be available in two widths: 110 mm as standard and 200 mm for use where a party wall meets the external cavity. It’s suitable for use in masonry, timber frame and steel frame cavities up to 290 mm and can be installed either horizontally or vertically.

“Responding to customers’ requests, our new SCB has been tested with a steel frame substrate in addition to timber,” explained Will Wigfield, product manager for HVAC and fire protection at ROCKWOOL.

Wigfield added: “With a fire rating of up to E120, I45, subject to the application, we’re confident that the SCB system will support specifiers seeking to meet and exceed performance guidelines. For example, the E30, I15, Approved Document B (Volume 1) criteria relating to dwellings.”

TCB and PWCB have been phased out following the launch of SCB on 15 May. For clarity, those specifications written prior to the expiration of the TCB and PWCB certifications will remain valid and the products remain available until 15 November 2024.

*Further information is available online at https://rockwool.link/SCB