In another, the EPS cladding melted away ... Authority then ordered an external wall fire spread test of rendered expanded polystyrene, conducted in mid-2020. A full-scale fire test conducted ...

A series of cladding systems failed fire tests ... However, the expanded polystyrene tested without fire barriers was the most serious failure of the five rendered systems tested. The test was ...

The cladding being installed on Carnet House uses a Sto external wall insulation scheme, consisting of 120mm of polystyrene insulation covered with 9mm of reinforced plaster render, bonded directly to ...

Since Melbourne’s 2014 Lacrosse and 2019 Neo200 cladding fires — both propagated by aluminium composite panel polyethylene cores — calls for the prohibition of expanded polystyrene have grown.

Mark Olde-Olthof, 61, said: "It's been happening for a few days now and they are having this fire-retardant polystyrene cladding fitted ... have to be coated and rendered after they've been ...

"The remaining render works around the building ... was granted in 2022 to replace the expanded polystyrene (EPS), foam insulation and timber cladding on the exterior of the building in line ...

Expanded polystyrene cladding was used on 38 tower blocks owned by Bristol City Council across the city. After a blaze at Eccleston House in Barton Hill, Avon Fire and Rescue Service said the EPS ...

A campaigner who suffered from stress and anxiety after her flat was rendered "unsellable" because of "harmful" cladding died ... including polystyrene behind the walls, was "unpayable".

A campaigner who suffered from stress and anxiety after her flat was rendered 'unsellable' because of 'harmful' cladding died ... including polystyrene behind the walls, was 'unpayable'.