This morning we've seen that the former technical manager at Kingspan reacted to queries about the fire safety of its insulation by saying "they're getting me confused with someone who gives a damn" and "they can go fuck themselves".
It was among the insulation used on Grenfell.
It was among the insulation used on Grenfell.
He added in one email "imagine a fire running up this tower!!!!!!" and said "we will sue the arse off them" about a consultancy which was raising concerns.
Its use on high rises was justified on the basis of a test which was not representative of real world systems.
Its use on high rises was justified on the basis of a test which was not representative of real world systems.
It was also justified based on testing which used an older version of the product, with the newer version burning like a "raging inferno" when tested. Kingspan did not release this information to the market. The insulation is currently on hundreds of high rises around the country
In some of which, I should add, innocent flat owners are currently facing life changing bills to remove it (as well as a multitude of other unsafe products). How have consumers ended up paying for this mess?
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