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Testing and test reports

Specifiers need evidence, not adjectives. This page sets out the tests behind our systems: what was tested, to which standard, by whom and with what result. Each result applies to the sample tested. The full reports are available on request.

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Weather performance

Tested to the CWCT Standard Test Methods

Three of our systems have been tested to the CWCT Standard Test Methods for building envelopes (2005) at a UKAS-accredited laboratory (testing laboratory no. 0057). Two tests were of samples made for real projects; the Plank test was a system test. A CWCT test is not a certification: each report covers the sample tested.

CWCT Standard Test Methods

Fixed Cassette: Spelthorne Leisure Centre mock-up

Watertightness: R7, 600 Pa (static, dynamic and hose)
Wind resistance: ±2,400 Pa serviceability, ±3,600 Pa safety
Impact: Soft body Class 1, hard body Class 3 (serviceability)

Sample: Façade mock-up made for the project: 3 mm aluminium cassette panels with a backing wall and window, about 3.2 x 8.1 m
Laboratory: VINCI Technology Centre UK (UKAS testing laboratory 0057); witnessed in part by CWCT
Report: N950-24-18700, issued 17 September 2024
Tested: April to July 2024

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CWCT Standard Test Methods

Secret Fix: Worthing Integrated Care Centre sample

Wind resistance: +1,200/−1,570 Pa serviceability, +1,800/−2,355 Pa safety
Wind fatigue: Pass
Watertightness: Dynamic, 600 Pa
Impact: Class 2 (serviceability)

Sample: Rainscreen sample made for the project
Laboratory: VINCI Technology Centre UK (UKAS testing laboratory 0057)
Report: N950-25-18857 Rev 01, issued 25 February 2025
Tested: 27 January to 4 February 2025

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CWCT Standard Test Methods

Plank: system mock-up

Watertightness: R7, 600 Pa
Wind resistance: ±2,400 Pa serviceability, ±3,600 Pa safety
Cyclic wind: Pass (BRE Digest 346)
Impact: Soft body Class 1, hard body Class 1 to 2 (serviceability)

Sample: System mock-up, 3185 x 8142 mm: horizontal planks at 400 mm, vertical planks at 350 mm
Laboratory: Initivo Consultancy, formerly VINCI Technology Centre (UKAS testing laboratory 0057)
Report: N950-25-18959, issued 24 June 2025
Tested: March to April 2025

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Fire

Fire resistance, BS EN 1364-1

An asymmetrical, non-loadbearing wall of MET-PRO SFS, clad with 3 mm Fixed Cassette panels on the fire side, was tested at Warringtonfire. The test covers this wall build-up. It is a fire resistance test, not a reaction-to-fire classification.

Express ALU Pro Fixed Cassette: BS EN 1364-1 wall test with MET-PRO SFS
MET-PRO SFS: BS EN 1364-1 wall test with Fixed Cassette
Express ALU Pro Secret Fix: Not covered by this test
Express ALU Pro Plank: Not covered by this test
Express Standing Seam: Not covered by this test

Fire resistance test report

MET-PRO SFS wall clad with Fixed Cassette

66minNo integrity or insulation failure; the test was stopped at our request

Integrity: No failure at 66 minutes
Insulation: No failure at 66 minutes
Covers: This wall build-up only; not Secret Fix, Plank or Standing Seam

Specimen: Non-loadbearing wall, 3050 x 3025 mm: MET-PRO SFS (150 x 1.2 mm studs at 600 mm centres), 15 mm plasterboard, 12.5 mm Klasse-G board, breather membrane, 80 mm stone mineral wool, Express helping-hand brackets and L-rails, 3 mm Fixed Cassette panels on the fire side
Standard: BS EN 1364-1:2015
Laboratory: Warringtonfire Testing and Certification Ltd (ISO/IEC 17025)
Report: 551358/R, issue 1, 21 July 2025; tested 10 April 2025, stopped at 66 minutes at our request

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Management systems

Express Group's integrated management system policy covers quality, the environment, and health and safety.

Policy

Express Group Integrated Management System Policy

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Testing FAQs

Are your rainscreen systems CWCT tested?

Fixed Cassette, Secret Fix and Plank have been tested to the CWCT Standard Test Methods at a UKAS-accredited laboratory, between 2024 and 2025. The results are above; the reports are available on request.

What fire testing have your systems had?

A MET-PRO SFS wall clad with Express ALU Pro Fixed Cassette panels was tested to BS EN 1364-1 at Warringtonfire in 2025: no integrity or insulation failure at 66 minutes. The test covers that build-up only.

Can you send reports for a tender submission?

Yes. Tell us the system and the project, and we will send the right documents.

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Testing and test reports

Fixed Cassette: Spelthorne Leisure Centre mock-up

Secret Fix: Worthing Integrated Care Centre sample

Plank: system mock-up

MET-PRO SFS wall clad with Fixed Cassette

Express Group Integrated Management System Policy

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