Flame spread and smoke development

The aquatherm greenpipe and climatherm systems do not produce toxic by-products during combustion. In a fully developed fire, Fusiolen® PP-R (80) will only produce CO2 and H2Ogas. In an underdeveloped fire, trace amounts of CO can be produced, but this is common in all combustible materials, such as wood and paper.

Many building codes do not consider the toxicity of the smoke produced, or lack thereof, but rather focus only on the volume and opacity of the smoke. Therefore, it is important to install only pipe that meets local code requirements. These codes generally reference ASTM E84 in the United States and CSA S-102 in Canada and require that the installed pipe have a Flame Spread Index of 25 or less and Smoke Development
Index of 50 or less.

The Aquatherm Advanced system can be used to meet flamespread and smoke development requirements.  Special instructions for installing the Aquatherm Advanced can be found here.