AliDeck Newsletter January 2022

Dear AliDeck Customers and Friends,

Hope you’re well and doing OK.

It has been a great start to the new year for AliDeck. While 2021 was very kind to us, we have already got off to a flying start in 2022 and we are looking forward to working with you all through the year.

If you’d like to talk about any of your upcoming projects and your decking and balcony component system requirements, please call us on 01622 235 672 or email info@alideck.co.uk.

Here’s your latest news from AliDeck, makers of non-combustible aluminium decking products designed to create a safer built environment for us all, which includes;

PAS 9980 Finally Published
Balcony Edge Drainage for NHBC Standards 2022
Achieving an “Imperforate Layer” in Decking
AliDeck move to large new headquarters

PAS 9980 Finally Published

The new “publicly available specification” for fire risk appraisal and assessments of external walls, PAS 9980, has been published!

Developed by BSI, the hope is that this new standardised approach to assessing risk in the external envelope of buildings will help to bring the EWS1 debacle to an end. Despite Government optimism, it remains to be seen if PAS 9980 will solve the problem or simply replace one flawed approach with another.

Read our reaction and analysis here:
https://www.alideck.co.uk/pas-9980-external-wall-fire-risk-appraisal-standard-published/

Balcony Edge Drainage & NHBC Standards 2022

The latest update to NHBC Standards has been published and it contains good news for balcony drainage with a simplified approach to edge drainage!

Learn more about how to achieve compliant edge drainage at:
https://www.alideck.co.uk/achieving-nhbc-standards-2022-compliant-balcony-edge-drainage/

Achieving an “Imperforate Layer” in Decking

A key focus in BS8579:2020, the guide to the design of balconies and terraces, is fire safety. One of the methods for fire risk mitigation outlined by the Standard is to fit “an imperforate tray or soffit” to open balconies to effectively close them and prevent fire spread.

Find out how to achieve this imperforate layer with AliDeck at:
https://www.alideck.co.uk/reduce-risk-of-fire-and-smoke-spread-on-projecting-balconies-with-the-alideck-balcony-drainage-system/