Description
ArmorBuilt® Wildfire Shield is a heavy-duty fire-retardant mesh designed to protect wood poles from fire damage. The ArmorBuilt mesh effectively protects all wood pole species and treatment combinations, including CCA treated pine poles. The unique intumescent coating fuses with a fiberglass mesh that provides excellent charring and flame resistance by forming a protective layer around the wood pole in the presence of fire.
CA WARNING: Can expose you to Silica, a carcinogen. See www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Benefits of ArmorBuilt
- Versatile – ArmorBuilt mesh can be installed as a single or double layer to address variable types of fuel loading situations.
- Durable – When properly applied, ArmorBuilt Wildfire Shield has an expected service life of more than 20 years.
- Ease of Installation – ArmorBuilt can be applied quickly by a two-person crew using common, corrosion-resistant fasteners.
- Safety – Chemical leaching tests showed no environmentally harmful compounds in the intumescent char following exposure to fire.
- Conductivity – Electrical resistance testing commissioned by the manufacturer concludes that the ArmorBuilt mesh, when applied to a wood pole, conducts/has resistance very similar to an unwrapped pole. Therefore, it does not add electrical conductivity to the pole.
- Breathable coating – ArmorBuilt does not contribute to wood pole decay.
- Serviceable – Once applied, the mesh does not interfere with the serviceability of the pole.
- Extensively tested – ArmorBuilt has been fire tested in a variety of wildfire simulations, and to proposed ASTM standards, all demonstrating excellent results.
