Altair Louvre Window Screens BAL-29 Bushfire Testing from Breezway

Altair Louvre Windows BAL-29 bushfire testing update:
CSIRO Assessment of alternative steel mesh screens

In January 2013, Altair Louvre Windows fitted with CrimSafe woven stainless steel mesh screens underwent bushfire testing (AS1530.8.1-2007) to BAL-29 bushfire conditions at the CSIRO. These screened Altair Louvre Windows successfully passed the testing and therefore do not require bushfire shutters at BAL-29 to comply with the Australian Standard that governs the windows used in bushfire prone areas of Australia (AS3959-2009).

The Infrastructure Technologies department of the CSIRO has recently released their assessment of the likely performance of Breezway Easyscreen Altair Louvre Windows with alternate steel mesh screens. Their assessment is that "...the fire performance of the Breezway Altair Louvre aluminium window assemblies reported in FSZ1572 would not be detrimentally affected when replacing the tested steel mesh screen by:"

- Screenguard stainless steel security screen
- Stainless View stainless steel security screen
- Invisi-Gard stainless steel security screen
- ForceField stainless steel security screen
- Capral stainless steel security screen
- Any screen constructed in accordance with Clause 7.5.1A of Australian Standard AS3959-2009.

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