A decorative layer with synthetic polymer allows the sheets to have numerous color and texture ... HPL is widely used in façades, but it is also increasingly being considered for interior wall ...

Fire safety experts have called for all HPL cladding to be “urgently” removed as they raised major concerns with a parliamentary committee over the laboratory tests of the material.

It said HPL cladding should still be removed when combined with combustible insulation. The Fire Protection Association (FPA), which carried out the test, said last week that all combustible cladding ...

A council has decided to strip high-pressure laminate (HPL) cladding from three of its tower blocks, following new government advice issued last week. Labour-run Oxford City Council will replace the ...

The results not only prove HPL cladding systems are not up to the required standard but the alarming speed at which flames could spread on a residential building block. Identical tests carried ...

The test carried out on High Pressure Laminate (HPL) cladding resulted in flames ripping through the test structure in minutes, failing the safety assessment by a large margin. While the exact ...

The repercussions from the fire tragedy at Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people in a London high-rise in June 2017, continue to spread through the world of building fire safety. On July 18, the ...

Instead of ACM cladding, it had HPL, or high-pressure laminate - typically sheets of wood or paper joined together by a resin. HPL panels were used on windows in Lakanal House, a building in south ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on Thursday slipped out details of how some types of high pressure laminate (HPL) cladding should be stripped from buildings. Until now ...

Freedom of Information requests by the BBC have identified a further 99 tower blocks covered in high-pressure laminate (HPL) cladding, which is also combustible - although the true figure may be ...