PAM BUILDING
HOLYHEAD ROAD
KETLEY
TELFORD
SHROPSHIRE TF1 5AD
Tel: 01952 262529
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Suppliers of: cast iron drainage, cast iron drainage pipes, cast iron soil stacks, cast iron gutters, drainage couplings, drainage brackets, down-pipes, shower drains.
Part of the Saint-Gobain PAM Group who have over 160 years leading expertise in cast iron pipe systems, PAM Building are specialists in the manufacture of above and below ground cast iron drainage systems for commercial, public and residential buildings as well as providing drainage solutions for infrastructure.
PAM Building are the market leaders in:
- Soil and drainage systems
- Rainwater drainage systems
- Air exchange systems
focused on the future needs of customers not only do PAM Building offer a complete drainage system, but also offer services such as technical support and Pre-Assembly, all to ensure they meet customers’ needs more effectively.
ABOVE GROUND DRAINAGE
Ensign and Timesaver soil product ranges offer a very high level of performance for your wastewater and foul waste through large multi-storey buildings. These cast iron systems offer strength, stability, high levels of acoustic performance and the Ensign system offers an A1 fire rating.
BELOW GROUND DRAINAGE
The Timesaver drain system is a no-compromise offer that is designed for strength and longevity where future access would not be an option and is kite-marked approved to BS 437. The Ensign below ground drainage range offers a wide range of sizes and has a zinc external coating in accordance with BS EN 877.
TRADITIONAL RAINWATER AND GUTTERS
The PAM Building classical range of downpipes and wide range of gutters mean you have a wide range of styles and fittings to meet the needs of traditional and high-quality buildings in which there should be no material compromise with cast iron being the best solution.
PAM Building Products Include:
- Gutters & Downpipes – Whether you’re looking for Classical Round, Rectangle or Ogee PAM Building Cast Iron Gutters and Downpipes are strong, hard wearing and offer high levels of performance in addition to their longevity.
- Pipes – Offering a full range of pipes in both round and rectangle profiles. PAM Building’s range of cast iron pipes offer unparalleled performance and fire resistance.
- Bends – PAM Building have a vast array of various bends to aid with fast installation of your drainage system whilst also giving the best possible performance.
- Branches – From sweeping radius to easy access with built in access doors. PAM Building branches are designed to give ease of installation as well as ongoing access in the event access is needed.
- Couplings – From EEZI-FIT push fit to high performance or high pressure couplings you’re guaranteed PAM Building have the solution for your system.
- Brackets – PAM Building have a vast array of brackets to cover the whole of their drainage solution products.
- Pipe fittings – From classical to EEZI-FIT push fit, TimeSaver or Ensign PAM Building have various ranges to suit your project and give the best possible solution.
- Drainage products – Anti-flooding, gullies, traps and grates. Our wide range of drainage products are solid, long-lasting and have exceptional acoustic performance.
- Accessories – Everything you need from gaskets to clips. Our accessories ensure continuity of your systems.
PAM Building systems offer solutions for:
The PAM Building ranges comprise of:
- Classical
- EEZI-FIT
- Ensign Soil
- Timesaver Soil
- Classical Plus
- Ensign Drain
- Timesaver Drain
- VortX Municipals
In addition to the comprehensive product offering that PAM Building offer they also offer a range of services to aid in the design/planning and installation of the best drainage solution to meet your needs and surpass your expectations.
Our technical Support teams have a wealth of experience and can not only help with the best solution for design and product selection but can also offer technical training in the way of various CPD’s or site visits.
Pre-Assembly Service:
SAVING YOU MORE THAN TIME!
The service offers so much more than just pre-assembly. This service requires close collaboration between the complete supply-chain. We will manage the process from product selection, bespoke stack design, manufacture, distribution with our partners and on-site assistance. The results will provide a reduction of time on-site with the added assurance of consistent product assembly.
Stack Replacement Service:
The drainage system within a building has a fundamental impact on the quality of life for the occupants. Therefore a system that smells or leaks after decades of service will eventually need replacing. The question is when the best time to change is and what the right product to reinstall is. At Saint-Gobain PAM our purpose is to make the world a better home. We offer a drainage replacement service to ensure your building provides the best home for your residents.
BIM Services:
PAM Building aims to ease the burden on developers, specifiers and contractors in the early stages of construction by providing two levels of BIM library and supporting information.
The new releases include a full-data objects library, a platform that provides supporting information and free individual BIM files for our products and available as generic BIM files which can then be converted into PAM Building’s BIM files.
Further technical information is available to download from the BPi download library.
PAM - Meet our VortX Aluminium Roof Outlets
When it comes to choosing roof drainage outlets for your projects, we know that a reliable solution is essential to safeguard your building from water damage.
PAM Building’s VortX range is a line of aluminium roof outlets featuring flat and domed grates, designed for flat roofing projects. Both spigot and screw connection models are available.
We have extended our range of VortX outlets to include a new line of high-quality and competitive aluminium roof outlets. They are manufactured here in the UK enabling us to minimise transport-related carbon emissions, provide a consistently excellent service and retain total control over quality.
A1 Fire Safety Provided by PAM Building
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ARE THE ARTERIES OF A BUILDING
ENSIGN CAST IRON DRAINAGE SYSTEM HAS A1 FIRE RATING
Our product range offers you the highest level of fire protection and product integrity to minimise any risks which could come from a fire. As a drainage system passes through the floors and walls of a building, this mustn't give any opportunities for the fire to spread along these arteries or add to fuelling the fire. Therefore specifying a material that has an A1 fire rating will minimise risks and our Ensign Cast Iron Drainage system has this A1 fire rating. Cast Iron strength and stability means that there is virtually no movement in its life or in the event of a fire. This then leads to another key point, which is this stability means the method of backfilling the hole through a floor or a wall can be done with mortar, which again is a stable and minimal risk solution.
THE DRAWBACK OF OTHERS MATERIALS SUCH AS PLASTICS
Materials such as plastics will melt and burn, therefore this can add to the risk of fire, smoke and transfer of the fire. Therefore there needs to be a more complex solution such as fire collars to stopping the fire from spreading through the floor or wall. However, molten droplets can drop down the centre of the pipe and spread the fire before they are activated. Careful consideration is required when specifying all materials to ensure the risks are fully understood and mitigated as much as possible and therefore a Simple, Solid and Sustainable solution is often the best solution.
PAM HIGH-SAFETY PRODUCTS
Saint-Gobain PAM is committed to the development of high-quality and high-safety products. Fire safety is one of the main technical performances of our products. In choosing PAM cast iron systems, you are enhancing the safety of both people and property.
There are two concepts applied to fire safety: reaction to fire and fire resistance.
REACTION TO FIRE
This is the instant behaviour when a fire breaks out, its propensity to ignite or fuel a fire. This behaviour is assessed on the basis of standardised tests and described in a Euroclass classification.
The Euroclasses are based on test methods and establish reaction to fire classifications that are harmonised throughout Europe. This means they can be used to compare materials and product performances.
The Euroclass classification ranges from A1 to F, with A1 and A2 being reserved for products that are not, or are only slightly, combustible. The indices s and d respectively refer to smoke emission and the production of flaming droplets.
Sub-Class SMOKE production
s1: Low smoke production
s2: Medium smoke production
s3: High smoke production
FLAMING DROPLETS sub-classification
d0: No flaming droplets
d1: Flaming droplets that persist for less than 10 s
d2: Flaming droplets
FIRE RESISTANCE
This is a construction component’s ability to withstand fire for a given period of time and to retain its serviceability in the event of a fire, avoiding the spread of fire. If a fire breaks out, it is essential to prevent any early collapse of the structure, and then limit the extent of the damage to ensure that occupants can be evacuated and/or belongings will be protected. Many buildings are not sufficiently protected against fire hazards. This means that fire can spread quickly, destroy the building in a short time and, more importantly, endanger the lives of the occupants. When a fire breaks out, the first objective is to slow down its spread both horizontally and vertically.
The main causes of fire are :
- Faults in electrical systems
- Human error
- Overheating
- Arson
Lightning strikes or explosions play a minor role in the statistics here but can lead to a chain reaction of fires if they do occur (Source: www.ifs-ev.org).
The fire resistance performance level will be influenced by a number of factors: the pipe diameter, the thickness of the floor or wall, the size of the penetration void, the material used to seal the void and even the stack configuration through the penetration.
ACCREDITED
PAM cast iron systems are among the safest materials on the market in terms of reaction to fire, and all its drainage systems have been tested independently of the stipulated test criteria.
In tests carried out by Warrington Fire and the CSTB accredited laboratory, our cast iron ranges (pipes, fittings and accessories, including elastomer gaskets and coatings) received the following excellent Euroclass ranking: A1 for our Ensign above-ground range and A2-s1, d0 for the Ensign below ground range.
Cast iron remains one of the best materials when it comes to fire safety!
STANDARDS
The UKCA and CE marking for cast iron wastewater systems is based on the harmonised standard EN 877, which applies to a system including pipes, fittings, couplings and accessories, and is used to test all of the ranges’ components. The classification obtained by Saint-Gobain PAM covers complete ranges: pipes, fittings, couplings and accessories that are components of a wastewater pipe system.
When specifying your products you need to check the reaction to fire classification to ensure the tests were carried out by an accredited testing centre. Our compliance is validated by the quality marks, is periodically tested by accredited third-party laboratories and provides you with a performance guarantee for the systems you specify.
COMPARTMENTAL PRINCIPLE
When they exist, fire safety regulations for buildings are based on a compartmental principle. Within a building, a compartment is a fire-rated space designed to stop the fire for a given period of time. The fire stopping requirement for walls (shells and slabs) is generally 2 hours or less - and exceptionally 4 hours.
The requirement depends on the type of building and its level of occupancy.
WASTE WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND FIRE STOPPING REQUIREMENT
Drainage systems passing through structures designed to withstand fire should not provide open breaches. For a given time, specified in the applicable regulations, they should not allow the passage of fire, smoke, heat or combustion products from one compartment another.
Cast iron, a non-combustible material, has a melting point of over 1000°C. In most cases it requires no additional fire protection.
Saint-Gobain PAM has and will continue to periodically test its cast iron drainage systems with standard mortar penetrations and other solutions in order to understand the potential effects of fire on its integrity, resistance and overall performance. We carried out a non-exhaustive series of tests to offer precise guidance for fire resistance.
Our systems proved to meet integrity and insulation requirements up to 240 minutes (4 hours)*, and should therefore not collapse causing potential danger to evacuating people or firefighters.
We regularly perform new tests. Therefore, if you have any questions our technical team can provide guidance and help you select the right configuration for optimal performance and provide you with a comprehensive report.
You can contact our technical support team on our website www.pambuilding.co.uk or call us on: 01952 262 529
