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Fireproof insulation: positioning cork in the fire safety stack

How to combine cork with mineral barriers to achieve regulatory fire ratings.

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Dimas & Silva Editorial

Portuguese cork · since 1987

No insulation material is truly fireproof — what matters is reaction-to-fire classification and the assembly's overall behaviour. Cork sits in the assembly as a thermal layer; mineral barriers handle the fire-rated separation.

A typical strategy combines a cork thermal core with a mineral-board outer skin, achieving both the U-value and the fire compartmentation required by modern building codes.

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