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Fire Resistant Fencing: Steel Options and Test Evidence

Compare Modern Yard steel fencing for a fire-conscious project. Choose the profile and privacy layout. Review that product's test evidence against the needs of your site.

Compare Steel Fence Options for Your Project

Explore LINE horizontal slats and corrugated metal panels, then check each product's own test information.

Two Profiles with Different Layouts and Evidence

Both routes use matching supports. Each needs its own fire-test evidence, even though both use steel.

Corrugated Metal Fence

Interlocking corrugated steel panels create a continuous privacy surface with vertical ridges. The available ASTM E84-24 report identifies a myFireGuard panel sample under the product's former name. Review that sample against the proposed current configuration.

LINE Horizontal Steel Fence

LINE slats offer horizontal full-privacy or supported semi-privacy layouts. Choose the pattern for the yard. The corrugated sample's results do not cover LINE. Request a matching report before relying on a LINE fire-performance claim.

Select the complete product arrangement before using a report to assess its intended application.

Match the Structure and Privacy to Your Site

Horizontal Privacy or Spacing

Choose the LINE full-privacy or semi-privacy configuration and its own hardware. The gap pattern changes screening; it does not establish a fire-resistance rating.

Gate and Building Connections

Include gate infill, supports, and any connection near a building in the plan. Matching color or material does not prove that a gate shares a panel sample's fire result.

Continuous Corrugated Screening

Use the matching panels, posts, rails, and connectors. The supported system is a defined fence assembly, not a claim that any coated roofing sheet provides the same result.

Read the Sample Results in Context

Report 251013008SHF-001-R1 covers the submitted myFireGuard panel sample tested to ASTM E84-24. It records a Flame Spread Index of 5 and a Smoke Developed Index of 45. Check the full report for the sample and test setup. Confirm that the proposed panel, coating, and construction match the tested sample before using these results for a project.

Three Questions to Ask About Fire Performance

Keep the model, test scope, and proposed application together when reviewing a fire resistant fence.

Which Product Was Tested?

Use the report's model and construction details. A test on one panel does not establish results for other infills or a whole fence and gate.

What Did the Test Measure?

ASTM E84 evaluates surface burning behavior under controlled conditions. Its flame-spread and smoke indices do not give the fence an hourly fire rating.

What Does the Site Require?

Share the product evidence and layout with the responsible project reviewer. Local requirements and the intended use determine what further information is needed.

Plan the Fence and Its Surroundings Together

Product selection is one part of a wider plan for exposure, nearby fuels, and connections to the home.

Fire Resistant Fencing FAQs

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