Pacific PSW60 Presto Steel Fire Window
Description
The Pacific Forster Presto -/60/- is a fixed glazing, steel-framed fire-rated window. It provides 60 minutes of integrity only.
Key Features
- 60min fire rating
- Single glazed
- 3 glass options
- Acoustic rating available
- Suitable for both interior and exterior use
- Compatible with timber stud, steel stud, and masonry wall
- Tested to AS/NZS 4284:2008 and NZS 4211:2008
- Complies with NZS 4232.2:1988 and meets NZBC C/AS2
- Complies with NZS 4232.2:1988 and meets NZBC C/AS2
Scope of Use
- The thickness of the window frame is 50 mm with an approximate glazed weight of 78 kg/m2
- This is a double-glazed window especially suited to exterior applications where increased thermal insulation is required.
- The window is tested to AS/NZS 4284:2008 – “Testing of building facades” and complies with the requirements of NZS 4211:2008 – “Specification for performance of windows” up to and including the Extra High Wind Zone.
Wall Types:
- The Pacific Steel Fire Window -/60/- is suitable for installation in timber or steel stud plasterboard walls and masonry fire-rated walls. Walls to be fire rated to minimum -/60/- by others.
- The standard installation method for steel or timber stud walls is by 12g screws at max. 450mm centres.
- The standard for Masonry installation is M8 Excalibur screwbolts (or similar) at max. 450mm centres. No fasteners are exposed to weather or attack face.
Finish:
- Standard preparation for interior use is powder coating.
- Standard preparation for exterior use is sandblasting followed by zinc arc spray (15-year weatherability grade) to frame.
- Unit can be delivered with a powder coat finish or primed ready to paint.
Limitations on Use
- The maximum allowed clear view is 2676mm high x 1376mm wide using Pyrobel 16 glazing. One additional vertical pane can be added with a clear view of max. 266h (216h if exterior). Multiple panes may be joined horizontally by mullions.
- A maximum overall window height of 3582mm is possible using two vertical panes of Pyran S glazing divided by a transom.