Hello I have learned in Denmark that the soft boards that older houses have on the indoor walls are celutex boards and that they are now illegal to install due to fire hazards and especially because of the toxic fumes that occur during a fire, it is important to replace them with other wall materials if you are going to do major work on the walls. If you search Swedish sites, there are no celutex boards, but rather tretex boards, and on Danish sites, there are no tretex boards! Are they the same thing? And if so, why is it not particularly important to replace these boards in Sweden?
It is not uncommon for a brand to become the name for an entire phenomenon in common parlance, compare for example with "masonite" and "jeep" or with "band-aid" in the USA. Treetex (it should actually be two e's) was one of the first manufacturers of this soft board, and apparently, it was another brand that managed to stick in people's consciousness in Denmark.
I haven't heard of any law against Treetex in Sweden, but it has probably not escaped many that gypsum is recommended as the outermost layer on interior walls precisely for fire safety reasons. I hadn't heard about the fumes, can anyone confirm?
I haven't heard of any law against Treetex in Sweden, but it has probably not escaped many that gypsum is recommended as the outermost layer on interior walls precisely for fire safety reasons. I hadn't heard about the fumes, can anyone confirm?
Hello Farzan
Here is a reference to a Danish law from 1969. Let's see if the link works. It looks a bit violent!
http://www.husetoghaven.dk/kunder/c...ection=HUSETALT_OM_HUSETBOLIGTEMA&Region=");
Here is a reference to a Danish law from 1969. Let's see if the link works. It looks a bit violent!
http://www.husetoghaven.dk/kunder/c...ection=HUSETALT_OM_HUSETBOLIGTEMA&Region=");
Here is one with the dpm toxic fumes.
http://www.andelsportal.dk/471/arti...rc]=1&tx_ttnews[backPid]=469&cHash=1af62bf5f3
http://www.andelsportal.dk/471/arti...rc]=1&tx_ttnews[backPid]=469&cHash=1af62bf5f3
But, toxic fumes are not the primary concern during a fire, unless you’re a firefighter of course. However, I can admit that they burn incredibly well, once I fired up the sauna at the summer cabin with some demolition material, man did it burn and what heat development!!
Interesting nonetheless...we have some treetex in our house - it has been a surface layer in a couple of rooms but is now built-in behind gypsum after an interior additional insulation that previous owners did.
But GzO I do think one should be concerned about toxic fumes during a fire. The fire, smoke, and toxic fumes are three things that each can take your life if you're unlucky, and both the smoke and fumes can prevent you from getting out of the house in time.