With the simplest means, TECEprofil partition walls can be installed with fire protection in situations with sanitary installations on both sides – tested for fire resistance F30, F90 and F120 in accordance with DIN EN 1364-1.

Fire protection solutions with pre-walls can often only be implemented at great cost. If sanitary installations are fitted to both sides of partition walls, plasterboards must often be mounted between these installations. This is time-consuming and expensive. Things are different with TECEprofil: A fire protection test by MPA Braunschweig has found that fire protection solutions with the TECE pre-wall system can be implemented far more easily and cost-effectively.

No extra fire protection components are needed in the entire TECEprofil supporting frame. All system parts, such as toilet and wash stand modules, are installed in the usual way. For F30 fire protection, only the points where the installations penetrate the wall must be filled with fire-retardant wool. The easy-to-install fire protection set made of fire-retardant mineral wool is only needed in the cistern area. To fulfil fire resistance classes F90 and F120 – in contrast to F30 – the entire wall is filled with mineral wool and filling wool. All fire resistance classes are met with single-layer 18-millimetre plasterboards from the TECE standard range. “The fact that an F90 partition wall can easily meet F120 shows that the TECEprofil system has high safety reserves,” says Michael Isfort, product manager for pre-wall systems at TECE.

Only one drain pipe needed

The solution offers a further advantage: A second drain pipe is not required. In contrast to other systems, in which a plasterboard must be incorporated between installations that are opposite each other, only mineral wool is used in the TECE solution. As a result, waste water can be drained off with just one horizontal connection line. With TECE, a height difference is not necessary between fans that are opposite each other.

The TECEprofil fire protection wall is an open system: Pipes made of a wide variety of materials for potable and waste water, heating, ventilation and cooling can be installed. A shower channel can also be easily installed, which provides flexibility during planning and execution.

Geronto toilet module optimized for DIN 18040-1

TECE has redesigned its Geronto toilet module for the installation of accessible, barrier-free toilet systems in accordance with standards. The reason is a new standard for barrier-free construction in public buildings. In October 2010, DIN 18040-1 replaced the old standard 18024-2 and has resulted in a few changes. Safety support arms now have to be mounted nine centimetres lower than before. The TECE Geronto module now meets this new requirement. The toilet fixing points are predefined to the prescribed seating height of 48 centimetres, as before.

For the installation of barrier-free toilets in accordance with the standards, TECE offers a modular system with steel plates in which the correctly positioned threaded holes for assembling safety support arms have been drilled in the factory. The arms can be screwed onto the basic frame with two to four fastening screws. The extensive modular system is constantly being expanded. At the moment, it contains steel plates for safety support arms from 12 manufacturers. The Geronto module’s scope of delivery includes all mounting sets.

Toilet electronics quick to install

The Geronto module is based on the universal toilet module of the TECEprofil range and has the TECE cistern. Conduits and an electrical socket for the electronic flush actuation cables are included in the module as standard. As a result, installation of the switch-based toilet electronics is far easier.

All toilet modules in the TECEprofil and TECEbox series now have new protective stoppers. The stoppers can be used on both sides. In the new assembly situation, the marking points point forward, as usual. During fine installation,

the protruding stoppers are simply cut off flush to the surface and remain in the wall, where they act as protective pipes against possible leakage in the sealing area. In the event of a leak, the water is visible externally, and does not flow into the pre-wall installation unseen.