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Default Advice on wall building please. A single leaf, 40 year old wallhas been vandalised. What to replace it with?

On Sep 18, 4:13*pm, PeterC wrote:
Is it fireproof?


Yes, in the practical sense unless one wants to get into UL tests.
Sustaining fire can only occur with considerable application of
accelerant.

Unlike the million miles of wooden fencing in the UK which will
combust.
Unlike a PVC door against which sofa, wheely bin can be set alight. A
garden brick wall will spall readily with applied heat and can require
extensive repair - it's the now steam contained within it which causes
significant damage.
Unlike a parked stolen car with 20L of petrol, foam, rubber, paint,
upholstery, PVC.

Accelerants generally have low flash points, so whilst the moron is
lighting the bush the vapour flash and engulfs them in a fireball. The
most readily available, and dangerous, is petrol whose vapour hugs the
ground and unseen & unsmelt spreads around them. They might be lucky
and be on higher ground, but hopefully not.