Safety is one of the most important priorities in SVK. Within SVK's product range all fibre cement products belong to the fire reaction class A2-s1, d0 according to the European standard EN 13501-1. This is a very favourable factor when assessing the fire safety of a building. In the event of fire, our products produce only limited smoke and no burning particles fall down from the boards.

All building materials are classified into fire reaction classes A to F after a few fire tests. Classes F to B are generally considered to be flammable and classes A1 and A2 non-combustible. Non-flammability is also guaranteed by setting limit values for the calorific content (amount of heat generated during combustion). Especially our fibre cement wall cladding panels Ornimat, Decoboard Classic and Decoboard Pure achieve a very good calorific value of 1.5 MJ/kg. Our Puro Plus wall cladding panel also achieves a good score of 1.2 MJ/kg.

Materials with a fire class A therefore produce no to very little smoke and no droplets during a fire. The building materials are also divided into classes (s0 to s3) for smoke development where class s0 produces no smoke and where s3 develops a large smoke production.

Finally, a class for the production of droplets (d0 to d2) is also investigated. The class d0 produces no burning droplets while the class d2 produces droplets that burn for longer than 10 seconds.

The use of flammable materials for roofing, cladding and/or insulation always entails risks. In that case, a fire will spread more quickly, releasing more toxic smoke and there is a great chance that the fire will spread through the facade or roof. By using only non-combustible building materials (fire reaction class A1 and A2) you avoid most risks. In addition, you can also take into account the substructure and the type of insulation you wish to use. Non-combustible materials do not contribute to the formation or spread of a fire and ensure that the facade and roof meet the strict fire safety standards.