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A Blue Fire-Safe Noticeboard That Keeps a Reception Looking Sharp and Compliant
The NB4809BL brings a calm, professional blue to a wall that still has to meet fire rules, which makes it a natural fit for a reception, an office or a meeting room where the overall look of the place genuinely matters to the people using it. Sized as the small-format option in the fire-rated line, it is made for a single tidy wall rather than a whole corridor, and the whole board, blue felt and satin silver frame alike, holds the recognised UK fire classification as a single unit, not as a treated felt fronting an untested body underneath. Push pins and staples hold agendas, rotas and policies on the calm blue felt, the slim satin silver frame keeps a corporate edge around it, and the rounded corners keep it safe in a shared, busy space. No other supplier stocks it, and it arrives ready to hang with the wall fixings included. Best suited to receptions, open-plan offices and meeting rooms where a board has to look professional and stay fire compliant at the same time.
Why a Calm Blue Board Suits an Office Better Than a Bright One
- A clean corporate frame: A slim satin silver anodised aluminium surround gives the board a tidy, professional edge that resists corrosion, holds its shape over time and looks at home on a reception or boardroom wall rather than in a back-office utility corner.
- Rated across the whole board: The finished unit, felt, frame, backing and corners, was fire tested together and classified to BS 476 Class 0 and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0, so the certificate stands for the complete board on the wall and not merely a single treated layer buried within it.
- Calm, steady blue: A cool blue surface reads as measured and professional, the colour of a workplace in control of itself, so notices sit on it without shouting for attention, and the wall keeps the composed, in-control look a professional office wants to project.
- Safe, rounded corners: Each corner is softened instead of squared off, a quiet safety touch on a board fixed in a public office area where staff and visitors move past it steadily through the working day.
- Mounts to suit the wall: The supplied kit and concealed corner fittings let the board sit flush in either orientation, so a slim pillar beside a lift or a broader stretch behind a reception desk both take it comfortably.
- Only from Displaysense: This blue fire board is stocked by us and nobody else, so the certified board in your reception is not one a competing firm can order from an everyday office catalogue.
Where a Blue Felt Display Board Fits a Professional Workplace
| Receptions and Entrances | First impressions form at the front desk, so a composed blue board there holds sign-in guidance, welcome notices and health and safety information while keeping the entrance itself looking ordered and professional to every visitor who walks in. |
| Open-Plan Offices | Shared work floors need somewhere central for rotas, project updates and policies, and a calm blue surface carries all of it without adding any extra visual noise to an already busy room full of desks, people and screens. |
| Boardrooms and Meeting Rooms | Formal spaces call for a tidy, understated board, and a blue fire-rated one suits a meeting room where agendas and reference material need to be on show without in any way undercutting the calm, considered look of the room. |
| Corporate Corridors and Breakout | Along through-routes and in breakout zones, staff notices and culture material go up all day, and a professional blue board keeps that content legible and on-brand while still meeting the fire rules that any modern workplace has to observe. |
| Banks and Professional Services | Client-facing firms trade on looking dependable, so a steady blue board in a branch or an advisory office presents rates, notices and compliance information in a way that quietly reinforces rather than dents that dependable impression. |
| Hotels and Serviced Spaces | Guest floors, business suites and staff areas benefit from a board that reads as calm and well kept, and a blue fire-rated surface handles event listings, guest notices and rotas while blending neatly into an otherwise polished interior. |
Need a Warmer Colour or a Bigger Board?
You can also have this board in green, grey or red, and a bigger board is available when a whole corridor needs covering. Let us know the space and we will help pick the right colour and size.
Talk to our team on 01279460460 or describe your space and we will help you decide.
The Displaysense NB4809BL is a compact fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard with a calm, professional finish. Its blue felt accepts push pins and staples, a slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame surrounds the board and the corners are rounded for safety. The complete unit is fire tested as one, not just its treated surface, meeting BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The board measures 1200mm x 900mm and weighs 10kg. It hangs portrait or landscape, includes a wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings. Built for indoor use and exclusive to Displaysense, it suits receptions, open-plan offices, boardrooms, corporate corridors, professional services and hotels that want a noticeboard to read as calm and professional. Also companion colours are green (NB4809GN), red (NB4809RD) and grey (NB4809GR), with a larger 2400mm x 1200mm board (NB4824R) for a full corridor. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Offices and receptions live or die on looking tidy, so the finish of a noticeboard matters nearly as much as what ends up pinned to it. A slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame keeps this one clean-edged and square, resisting corrosion and standing up to the daily knocks of a busy workplace, while the metal surround gives the blue felt a composed, corporate border rather than a raw or utilitarian edge, the kind of finish that looks planned into a professional room instead of tacked onto the wall as an afterthought.
Behind that professional look sits a serious safety credential, because the finished board, blue felt, backing, aluminium frame and corners included, faced the fire test as a single composite and came away classified to BS 476 Class 0 and to BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. Assessing the complete board instead of one treated layer is what clears a smart office board like this for a reception, a corridor or a meeting room, the sort of spaces where the fire rules have to hold for everything hanging on the wall and not merely the visible layer at the front.
Blue reads as calm, steady and professional, the colour of a workplace that has itself together, which is a good part of why it suits a reception, a boardroom or an open-plan floor far better than a louder shade would. The felt is the fire-rated surface itself and grips both push pins and staples, so agendas, rotas and laminated policies stay exactly where they are placed, and the cool tone lets the notices themselves lead the eye while the board sits quietly and steadily behind them.
Sold only through Displaysense, this blue board stays off the shelves a rival buyer would reach for, which keeps the certified board in your reception particular to your own firm, and it arrives ready to hang, with the wall fixings it needs supplied in the box. Anyone tasked with fire safety ends up with two helpful things here, one certificate that spans the whole board and one clear place to source it, which leaves a smart, calm board that holds up to scrutiny on the day the rating gets reviewed.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard
- 1 x wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings
Fitting Out an Office or a Whole Floor?
Choosing boards for a reception, a run of meeting rooms or an entire floor is easier with a hand. We can help you pick colours and sizes area by area and confirm the fire rating fits every one of them.
Phone 01279460460 or send us your floor plan and we will work it through with you.
The Displaysense NB4809BL is a compact fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard with a calm, professional finish. Its blue felt accepts push pins and staples, a slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame surrounds the board and the corners are rounded for safety. The complete unit is fire tested as one, not just its treated surface, meeting BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The board measures 1200mm x 900mm and weighs 10kg. It hangs portrait or landscape, includes a wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings. Built for indoor use and exclusive to Displaysense, it suits receptions, open-plan offices, boardrooms, corporate corridors, professional services and hotels that want a noticeboard to read as calm and professional. Also companion colours are green (NB4809GN), red (NB4809RD) and grey (NB4809GR), with a larger 2400mm x 1200mm board (NB4824R) for a full corridor. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Below are the full specifications for the NB4809BL, the compact blue board in the fire-rated felt line, finished with a satin silver frame and tested as one whole composite. Made for indoor walls and available through Displaysense alone, it pairs a calm, professional surface with softened corners, hidden fixings and two years of cover, and the colour choice runs right across green, red and grey felt.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Frame | Satin silver anodised aluminium | A slim, corrosion-resistant corporate edge that keeps the whole board looking sharp and deliberate on a reception or office wall. |
| Colour and Finish | Blue felt | A cool, composed shade that lets the notices themselves lead the eye while the board keeps a professional, understated presence in the room. |
| Surface | Fire-rated blue felt, pinnable and staple-friendly | Agendas, rotas and laminated notices press straight on with either pins or staples, all held on a surface that is rated to resist fire. |
| Fire Certification | BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0, tested as a composite | The whole board carries the rating as a single unit, so it suits an office corridor or reception where the full item, not just a layer, must comply. |
| Corners | Rounded safety corners | Softened rather than square, giving a safer, neater edge on a board fixed in a shared professional area with steady footfall. |
| Size | 1200mm x 900mm | A compact wall board that fits a reception or office bay tidily, hung either way up, without ever dominating the room around it. |
| Weight | 10kg | At a modest weight, one or two people can fix it to a solid wall using the mount kit included in the box. |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | Hangs upright or on its side, so it settles onto a slim pillar by a lift or a wider bay behind a reception desk. |
| Fixings | Wall mount kit, concealed corner fixings | All the mounting parts are supplied, and snap-on corner covers sit over the fittings for a clean, flush, tamper-resistant face. |
| Environment | Indoor use | Made for interior walls in offices, schools and public buildings, kept well away from rain, wind and damp. |
| Exclusivity | Exclusive to Displaysense | Stocked by Displaysense alone, so the blue board stays particular to your own firm and stays simple to match up later on. |
| Also Available In | Green, red and grey felt, plus a full-corridor extra-large board | Also offered in green or grey, in red as well, or as the extra-large corridor board. |
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
3 to 5 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- Orders typically ship within 1 to 2 working days of placement
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
Common Questions About Blue Fire-Rated Office Noticeboards
Q: What is the best fire-rated noticeboard for an office or reception?
A: The best fire-rated noticeboard for an office or reception is a compact blue felt board tested as one whole composite, to BS 476 Class 0 and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The cool colour keeps a workplace composed, pins and staples both grip the felt, and a satin silver frame, two-year cover and supply through Displaysense alone round it off.
Q: Why choose blue for a workplace noticeboard?
A: Blue is widely read as calm, steady and professional, so a blue felt noticeboard reinforces the composed look a reception, boardroom or open-plan office wants to project. It lets the notices on it take the lead while the board itself stays quiet, calm and understated in the room.
Q: How does a satin silver frame affect the look of the board?
A: The slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame gives the board a clean, corporate edge that suits a professional space and resists corrosion over time. It squares off the blue felt neatly, so the finished board looks planned into the room rather than added on the wall as an afterthought.
Q: What does a whole-unit fire certificate actually cover?
A: A whole-unit certificate means the finished board was fire tested and classified as one piece, felt, frame, backing and corners included, rather than just its surface. Since many boards only treat a single layer, testing the complete item is what gives real confidence in the rating.
Q: How does this compact blue board compare to the extra-large NB4824R?
A: At 1200 by 900, this blue board covers a single office, reception or meeting-room wall, while the much larger NB4824R spans 2400 by 1200 in red and is meant for a whole corridor run. The composite fire certification matches on both, so colour and the wall you need to fill are what decide it.
Q: Will the blue felt take pins and staples?
A: Yes. The fire-rated blue felt accepts both pins and staples, so agendas, rotas and laminated notices all fix straight onto it. Being fire-rated makes no difference at all to everyday use, so it works exactly like a standard office felt board would.
Q: How is the compact board mounted, and does it show fixings?
A: A wall mount kit comes supplied, and corner covers finish over the fittings for a clean, flush face with nothing on show. Because the compact board is light, a single fitter or a pair can hang it on a solid wall, choosing fixings to suit the surface while the covers neaten the edges.
Q: Are the corners safe in a shared office area?
A: Yes. The corners come rounded rather than squared off, a sensible touch on a board fixed in a public office area where staff and visitors pass by steadily. With the fixings concealed as well, the board keeps clean, safe lines that suit a professional setting.
Q: Can the blue noticeboard hang portrait or landscape?
A: Yes, it goes up either way. An upright fit suits a slim pillar beside a lift, while landscape works across a wider bay behind a desk. The compact display area stays the same whichever orientation you pick, so the board follows the wall rather than the reverse.
Q: Does the blue noticeboard need assembling before it goes up?
A: None at all. The board turns up ready made, so once you have picked portrait or landscape it fixes directly to a solid wall using the fittings provided. That keeps the job quick in a reception or office where you would rather not lose the space for long.
Q: Is this blue fire noticeboard exclusive to Displaysense?
A: Yes. This composite-certified blue board is stocked through Displaysense alone, so a competing firm simply will not find it in a general office supplier range. That leaves the certified boards in your building specific to your firm, and makes reordering a match, or a different colour, straightforward as you take on more space.
Q: Can this blue fire noticeboard go outdoors?
A: No, it is an indoor board only. Blue felt and an aluminium frame are not made to weather rain, wind or damp, so keep it inside offices, receptions, meeting rooms and corridors. The fire rating concerns behaviour in an indoor fire, not any ability to sit outside.
Getting Reception and Office Noticeboards Right
A workplace board has to earn its place on the wall, balancing a professional look, clear day-to-day communication and the fire rules a building has to meet. These reads from the Displaysense knowledge hub cover reception displays, everyday board best practice and communication that actually works, so a noticeboard genuinely pulls its weight in a busy office or reception rather than just filling a gap on the wall.
Overview
A Blue Fire-Safe Noticeboard That Keeps a Reception Looking Sharp and Compliant
The NB4809BL brings a calm, professional blue to a wall that still has to meet fire rules, which makes it a natural fit for a reception, an office or a meeting room where the overall look of the place genuinely matters to the people using it. Sized as the small-format option in the fire-rated line, it is made for a single tidy wall rather than a whole corridor, and the whole board, blue felt and satin silver frame alike, holds the recognised UK fire classification as a single unit, not as a treated felt fronting an untested body underneath. Push pins and staples hold agendas, rotas and policies on the calm blue felt, the slim satin silver frame keeps a corporate edge around it, and the rounded corners keep it safe in a shared, busy space. No other supplier stocks it, and it arrives ready to hang with the wall fixings included. Best suited to receptions, open-plan offices and meeting rooms where a board has to look professional and stay fire compliant at the same time.
Why a Calm Blue Board Suits an Office Better Than a Bright One
- A clean corporate frame: A slim satin silver anodised aluminium surround gives the board a tidy, professional edge that resists corrosion, holds its shape over time and looks at home on a reception or boardroom wall rather than in a back-office utility corner.
- Rated across the whole board: The finished unit, felt, frame, backing and corners, was fire tested together and classified to BS 476 Class 0 and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0, so the certificate stands for the complete board on the wall and not merely a single treated layer buried within it.
- Calm, steady blue: A cool blue surface reads as measured and professional, the colour of a workplace in control of itself, so notices sit on it without shouting for attention, and the wall keeps the composed, in-control look a professional office wants to project.
- Safe, rounded corners: Each corner is softened instead of squared off, a quiet safety touch on a board fixed in a public office area where staff and visitors move past it steadily through the working day.
- Mounts to suit the wall: The supplied kit and concealed corner fittings let the board sit flush in either orientation, so a slim pillar beside a lift or a broader stretch behind a reception desk both take it comfortably.
- Only from Displaysense: This blue fire board is stocked by us and nobody else, so the certified board in your reception is not one a competing firm can order from an everyday office catalogue.
Where a Blue Felt Display Board Fits a Professional Workplace
| Receptions and Entrances | First impressions form at the front desk, so a composed blue board there holds sign-in guidance, welcome notices and health and safety information while keeping the entrance itself looking ordered and professional to every visitor who walks in. |
| Open-Plan Offices | Shared work floors need somewhere central for rotas, project updates and policies, and a calm blue surface carries all of it without adding any extra visual noise to an already busy room full of desks, people and screens. |
| Boardrooms and Meeting Rooms | Formal spaces call for a tidy, understated board, and a blue fire-rated one suits a meeting room where agendas and reference material need to be on show without in any way undercutting the calm, considered look of the room. |
| Corporate Corridors and Breakout | Along through-routes and in breakout zones, staff notices and culture material go up all day, and a professional blue board keeps that content legible and on-brand while still meeting the fire rules that any modern workplace has to observe. |
| Banks and Professional Services | Client-facing firms trade on looking dependable, so a steady blue board in a branch or an advisory office presents rates, notices and compliance information in a way that quietly reinforces rather than dents that dependable impression. |
| Hotels and Serviced Spaces | Guest floors, business suites and staff areas benefit from a board that reads as calm and well kept, and a blue fire-rated surface handles event listings, guest notices and rotas while blending neatly into an otherwise polished interior. |
Need a Warmer Colour or a Bigger Board?
You can also have this board in green, grey or red, and a bigger board is available when a whole corridor needs covering. Let us know the space and we will help pick the right colour and size.
Talk to our team on 01279460460 or describe your space and we will help you decide.
The Displaysense NB4809BL is a compact fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard with a calm, professional finish. Its blue felt accepts push pins and staples, a slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame surrounds the board and the corners are rounded for safety. The complete unit is fire tested as one, not just its treated surface, meeting BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The board measures 1200mm x 900mm and weighs 10kg. It hangs portrait or landscape, includes a wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings. Built for indoor use and exclusive to Displaysense, it suits receptions, open-plan offices, boardrooms, corporate corridors, professional services and hotels that want a noticeboard to read as calm and professional. Also companion colours are green (NB4809GN), red (NB4809RD) and grey (NB4809GR), with a larger 2400mm x 1200mm board (NB4824R) for a full corridor. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Description
Offices and receptions live or die on looking tidy, so the finish of a noticeboard matters nearly as much as what ends up pinned to it. A slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame keeps this one clean-edged and square, resisting corrosion and standing up to the daily knocks of a busy workplace, while the metal surround gives the blue felt a composed, corporate border rather than a raw or utilitarian edge, the kind of finish that looks planned into a professional room instead of tacked onto the wall as an afterthought.
Behind that professional look sits a serious safety credential, because the finished board, blue felt, backing, aluminium frame and corners included, faced the fire test as a single composite and came away classified to BS 476 Class 0 and to BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. Assessing the complete board instead of one treated layer is what clears a smart office board like this for a reception, a corridor or a meeting room, the sort of spaces where the fire rules have to hold for everything hanging on the wall and not merely the visible layer at the front.
Blue reads as calm, steady and professional, the colour of a workplace that has itself together, which is a good part of why it suits a reception, a boardroom or an open-plan floor far better than a louder shade would. The felt is the fire-rated surface itself and grips both push pins and staples, so agendas, rotas and laminated policies stay exactly where they are placed, and the cool tone lets the notices themselves lead the eye while the board sits quietly and steadily behind them.
Sold only through Displaysense, this blue board stays off the shelves a rival buyer would reach for, which keeps the certified board in your reception particular to your own firm, and it arrives ready to hang, with the wall fixings it needs supplied in the box. Anyone tasked with fire safety ends up with two helpful things here, one certificate that spans the whole board and one clear place to source it, which leaves a smart, calm board that holds up to scrutiny on the day the rating gets reviewed.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard
- 1 x wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings
Fitting Out an Office or a Whole Floor?
Choosing boards for a reception, a run of meeting rooms or an entire floor is easier with a hand. We can help you pick colours and sizes area by area and confirm the fire rating fits every one of them.
Phone 01279460460 or send us your floor plan and we will work it through with you.
The Displaysense NB4809BL is a compact fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard with a calm, professional finish. Its blue felt accepts push pins and staples, a slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame surrounds the board and the corners are rounded for safety. The complete unit is fire tested as one, not just its treated surface, meeting BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The board measures 1200mm x 900mm and weighs 10kg. It hangs portrait or landscape, includes a wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings. Built for indoor use and exclusive to Displaysense, it suits receptions, open-plan offices, boardrooms, corporate corridors, professional services and hotels that want a noticeboard to read as calm and professional. Also companion colours are green (NB4809GN), red (NB4809RD) and grey (NB4809GR), with a larger 2400mm x 1200mm board (NB4824R) for a full corridor. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Specifications
Below are the full specifications for the NB4809BL, the compact blue board in the fire-rated felt line, finished with a satin silver frame and tested as one whole composite. Made for indoor walls and available through Displaysense alone, it pairs a calm, professional surface with softened corners, hidden fixings and two years of cover, and the colour choice runs right across green, red and grey felt.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Frame | Satin silver anodised aluminium | A slim, corrosion-resistant corporate edge that keeps the whole board looking sharp and deliberate on a reception or office wall. |
| Colour and Finish | Blue felt | A cool, composed shade that lets the notices themselves lead the eye while the board keeps a professional, understated presence in the room. |
| Surface | Fire-rated blue felt, pinnable and staple-friendly | Agendas, rotas and laminated notices press straight on with either pins or staples, all held on a surface that is rated to resist fire. |
| Fire Certification | BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0, tested as a composite | The whole board carries the rating as a single unit, so it suits an office corridor or reception where the full item, not just a layer, must comply. |
| Corners | Rounded safety corners | Softened rather than square, giving a safer, neater edge on a board fixed in a shared professional area with steady footfall. |
| Size | 1200mm x 900mm | A compact wall board that fits a reception or office bay tidily, hung either way up, without ever dominating the room around it. |
| Weight | 10kg | At a modest weight, one or two people can fix it to a solid wall using the mount kit included in the box. |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | Hangs upright or on its side, so it settles onto a slim pillar by a lift or a wider bay behind a reception desk. |
| Fixings | Wall mount kit, concealed corner fixings | All the mounting parts are supplied, and snap-on corner covers sit over the fittings for a clean, flush, tamper-resistant face. |
| Environment | Indoor use | Made for interior walls in offices, schools and public buildings, kept well away from rain, wind and damp. |
| Exclusivity | Exclusive to Displaysense | Stocked by Displaysense alone, so the blue board stays particular to your own firm and stays simple to match up later on. |
| Also Available In | Green, red and grey felt, plus a full-corridor extra-large board | Also offered in green or grey, in red as well, or as the extra-large corridor board. |
Delivery & Returns
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
3 to 5 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- Orders typically ship within 1 to 2 working days of placement
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
FAQs
Common Questions About Blue Fire-Rated Office Noticeboards
Q: What is the best fire-rated noticeboard for an office or reception?
A: The best fire-rated noticeboard for an office or reception is a compact blue felt board tested as one whole composite, to BS 476 Class 0 and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The cool colour keeps a workplace composed, pins and staples both grip the felt, and a satin silver frame, two-year cover and supply through Displaysense alone round it off.
Q: Why choose blue for a workplace noticeboard?
A: Blue is widely read as calm, steady and professional, so a blue felt noticeboard reinforces the composed look a reception, boardroom or open-plan office wants to project. It lets the notices on it take the lead while the board itself stays quiet, calm and understated in the room.
Q: How does a satin silver frame affect the look of the board?
A: The slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame gives the board a clean, corporate edge that suits a professional space and resists corrosion over time. It squares off the blue felt neatly, so the finished board looks planned into the room rather than added on the wall as an afterthought.
Q: What does a whole-unit fire certificate actually cover?
A: A whole-unit certificate means the finished board was fire tested and classified as one piece, felt, frame, backing and corners included, rather than just its surface. Since many boards only treat a single layer, testing the complete item is what gives real confidence in the rating.
Q: How does this compact blue board compare to the extra-large NB4824R?
A: At 1200 by 900, this blue board covers a single office, reception or meeting-room wall, while the much larger NB4824R spans 2400 by 1200 in red and is meant for a whole corridor run. The composite fire certification matches on both, so colour and the wall you need to fill are what decide it.
Q: Will the blue felt take pins and staples?
A: Yes. The fire-rated blue felt accepts both pins and staples, so agendas, rotas and laminated notices all fix straight onto it. Being fire-rated makes no difference at all to everyday use, so it works exactly like a standard office felt board would.
Q: How is the compact board mounted, and does it show fixings?
A: A wall mount kit comes supplied, and corner covers finish over the fittings for a clean, flush face with nothing on show. Because the compact board is light, a single fitter or a pair can hang it on a solid wall, choosing fixings to suit the surface while the covers neaten the edges.
Q: Are the corners safe in a shared office area?
A: Yes. The corners come rounded rather than squared off, a sensible touch on a board fixed in a public office area where staff and visitors pass by steadily. With the fixings concealed as well, the board keeps clean, safe lines that suit a professional setting.
Q: Can the blue noticeboard hang portrait or landscape?
A: Yes, it goes up either way. An upright fit suits a slim pillar beside a lift, while landscape works across a wider bay behind a desk. The compact display area stays the same whichever orientation you pick, so the board follows the wall rather than the reverse.
Q: Does the blue noticeboard need assembling before it goes up?
A: None at all. The board turns up ready made, so once you have picked portrait or landscape it fixes directly to a solid wall using the fittings provided. That keeps the job quick in a reception or office where you would rather not lose the space for long.
Q: Is this blue fire noticeboard exclusive to Displaysense?
A: Yes. This composite-certified blue board is stocked through Displaysense alone, so a competing firm simply will not find it in a general office supplier range. That leaves the certified boards in your building specific to your firm, and makes reordering a match, or a different colour, straightforward as you take on more space.
Q: Can this blue fire noticeboard go outdoors?
A: No, it is an indoor board only. Blue felt and an aluminium frame are not made to weather rain, wind or damp, so keep it inside offices, receptions, meeting rooms and corridors. The fire rating concerns behaviour in an indoor fire, not any ability to sit outside.
Knowledge Hub
Getting Reception and Office Noticeboards Right
A workplace board has to earn its place on the wall, balancing a professional look, clear day-to-day communication and the fire rules a building has to meet. These reads from the Displaysense knowledge hub cover reception displays, everyday board best practice and communication that actually works, so a noticeboard genuinely pulls its weight in a busy office or reception rather than just filling a gap on the wall.
Fire Retardant Blue Felt Aluminium Framed Noticeboard - 1200mm x 1200mm
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Overview
Description
Specifications
Delivery & Returns
FAQs
Knowledge Hub
A Blue Fire-Safe Noticeboard That Keeps a Reception Looking Sharp and Compliant
The NB4809BL brings a calm, professional blue to a wall that still has to meet fire rules, which makes it a natural fit for a reception, an office or a meeting room where the overall look of the place genuinely matters to the people using it. Sized as the small-format option in the fire-rated line, it is made for a single tidy wall rather than a whole corridor, and the whole board, blue felt and satin silver frame alike, holds the recognised UK fire classification as a single unit, not as a treated felt fronting an untested body underneath. Push pins and staples hold agendas, rotas and policies on the calm blue felt, the slim satin silver frame keeps a corporate edge around it, and the rounded corners keep it safe in a shared, busy space. No other supplier stocks it, and it arrives ready to hang with the wall fixings included. Best suited to receptions, open-plan offices and meeting rooms where a board has to look professional and stay fire compliant at the same time.
Why a Calm Blue Board Suits an Office Better Than a Bright One
- A clean corporate frame: A slim satin silver anodised aluminium surround gives the board a tidy, professional edge that resists corrosion, holds its shape over time and looks at home on a reception or boardroom wall rather than in a back-office utility corner.
- Rated across the whole board: The finished unit, felt, frame, backing and corners, was fire tested together and classified to BS 476 Class 0 and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0, so the certificate stands for the complete board on the wall and not merely a single treated layer buried within it.
- Calm, steady blue: A cool blue surface reads as measured and professional, the colour of a workplace in control of itself, so notices sit on it without shouting for attention, and the wall keeps the composed, in-control look a professional office wants to project.
- Safe, rounded corners: Each corner is softened instead of squared off, a quiet safety touch on a board fixed in a public office area where staff and visitors move past it steadily through the working day.
- Mounts to suit the wall: The supplied kit and concealed corner fittings let the board sit flush in either orientation, so a slim pillar beside a lift or a broader stretch behind a reception desk both take it comfortably.
- Only from Displaysense: This blue fire board is stocked by us and nobody else, so the certified board in your reception is not one a competing firm can order from an everyday office catalogue.
Where a Blue Felt Display Board Fits a Professional Workplace
| Receptions and Entrances | First impressions form at the front desk, so a composed blue board there holds sign-in guidance, welcome notices and health and safety information while keeping the entrance itself looking ordered and professional to every visitor who walks in. |
| Open-Plan Offices | Shared work floors need somewhere central for rotas, project updates and policies, and a calm blue surface carries all of it without adding any extra visual noise to an already busy room full of desks, people and screens. |
| Boardrooms and Meeting Rooms | Formal spaces call for a tidy, understated board, and a blue fire-rated one suits a meeting room where agendas and reference material need to be on show without in any way undercutting the calm, considered look of the room. |
| Corporate Corridors and Breakout | Along through-routes and in breakout zones, staff notices and culture material go up all day, and a professional blue board keeps that content legible and on-brand while still meeting the fire rules that any modern workplace has to observe. |
| Banks and Professional Services | Client-facing firms trade on looking dependable, so a steady blue board in a branch or an advisory office presents rates, notices and compliance information in a way that quietly reinforces rather than dents that dependable impression. |
| Hotels and Serviced Spaces | Guest floors, business suites and staff areas benefit from a board that reads as calm and well kept, and a blue fire-rated surface handles event listings, guest notices and rotas while blending neatly into an otherwise polished interior. |
Need a Warmer Colour or a Bigger Board?
You can also have this board in green, grey or red, and a bigger board is available when a whole corridor needs covering. Let us know the space and we will help pick the right colour and size.
Talk to our team on 01279460460 or describe your space and we will help you decide.
The Displaysense NB4809BL is a compact fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard with a calm, professional finish. Its blue felt accepts push pins and staples, a slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame surrounds the board and the corners are rounded for safety. The complete unit is fire tested as one, not just its treated surface, meeting BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The board measures 1200mm x 900mm and weighs 10kg. It hangs portrait or landscape, includes a wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings. Built for indoor use and exclusive to Displaysense, it suits receptions, open-plan offices, boardrooms, corporate corridors, professional services and hotels that want a noticeboard to read as calm and professional. Also companion colours are green (NB4809GN), red (NB4809RD) and grey (NB4809GR), with a larger 2400mm x 1200mm board (NB4824R) for a full corridor. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Offices and receptions live or die on looking tidy, so the finish of a noticeboard matters nearly as much as what ends up pinned to it. A slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame keeps this one clean-edged and square, resisting corrosion and standing up to the daily knocks of a busy workplace, while the metal surround gives the blue felt a composed, corporate border rather than a raw or utilitarian edge, the kind of finish that looks planned into a professional room instead of tacked onto the wall as an afterthought.
Behind that professional look sits a serious safety credential, because the finished board, blue felt, backing, aluminium frame and corners included, faced the fire test as a single composite and came away classified to BS 476 Class 0 and to BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. Assessing the complete board instead of one treated layer is what clears a smart office board like this for a reception, a corridor or a meeting room, the sort of spaces where the fire rules have to hold for everything hanging on the wall and not merely the visible layer at the front.
Blue reads as calm, steady and professional, the colour of a workplace that has itself together, which is a good part of why it suits a reception, a boardroom or an open-plan floor far better than a louder shade would. The felt is the fire-rated surface itself and grips both push pins and staples, so agendas, rotas and laminated policies stay exactly where they are placed, and the cool tone lets the notices themselves lead the eye while the board sits quietly and steadily behind them.
Sold only through Displaysense, this blue board stays off the shelves a rival buyer would reach for, which keeps the certified board in your reception particular to your own firm, and it arrives ready to hang, with the wall fixings it needs supplied in the box. Anyone tasked with fire safety ends up with two helpful things here, one certificate that spans the whole board and one clear place to source it, which leaves a smart, calm board that holds up to scrutiny on the day the rating gets reviewed.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard
- 1 x wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings
Fitting Out an Office or a Whole Floor?
Choosing boards for a reception, a run of meeting rooms or an entire floor is easier with a hand. We can help you pick colours and sizes area by area and confirm the fire rating fits every one of them.
Phone 01279460460 or send us your floor plan and we will work it through with you.
The Displaysense NB4809BL is a compact fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard with a calm, professional finish. Its blue felt accepts push pins and staples, a slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame surrounds the board and the corners are rounded for safety. The complete unit is fire tested as one, not just its treated surface, meeting BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The board measures 1200mm x 900mm and weighs 10kg. It hangs portrait or landscape, includes a wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings. Built for indoor use and exclusive to Displaysense, it suits receptions, open-plan offices, boardrooms, corporate corridors, professional services and hotels that want a noticeboard to read as calm and professional. Also companion colours are green (NB4809GN), red (NB4809RD) and grey (NB4809GR), with a larger 2400mm x 1200mm board (NB4824R) for a full corridor. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Below are the full specifications for the NB4809BL, the compact blue board in the fire-rated felt line, finished with a satin silver frame and tested as one whole composite. Made for indoor walls and available through Displaysense alone, it pairs a calm, professional surface with softened corners, hidden fixings and two years of cover, and the colour choice runs right across green, red and grey felt.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Frame | Satin silver anodised aluminium | A slim, corrosion-resistant corporate edge that keeps the whole board looking sharp and deliberate on a reception or office wall. |
| Colour and Finish | Blue felt | A cool, composed shade that lets the notices themselves lead the eye while the board keeps a professional, understated presence in the room. |
| Surface | Fire-rated blue felt, pinnable and staple-friendly | Agendas, rotas and laminated notices press straight on with either pins or staples, all held on a surface that is rated to resist fire. |
| Fire Certification | BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0, tested as a composite | The whole board carries the rating as a single unit, so it suits an office corridor or reception where the full item, not just a layer, must comply. |
| Corners | Rounded safety corners | Softened rather than square, giving a safer, neater edge on a board fixed in a shared professional area with steady footfall. |
| Size | 1200mm x 900mm | A compact wall board that fits a reception or office bay tidily, hung either way up, without ever dominating the room around it. |
| Weight | 10kg | At a modest weight, one or two people can fix it to a solid wall using the mount kit included in the box. |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | Hangs upright or on its side, so it settles onto a slim pillar by a lift or a wider bay behind a reception desk. |
| Fixings | Wall mount kit, concealed corner fixings | All the mounting parts are supplied, and snap-on corner covers sit over the fittings for a clean, flush, tamper-resistant face. |
| Environment | Indoor use | Made for interior walls in offices, schools and public buildings, kept well away from rain, wind and damp. |
| Exclusivity | Exclusive to Displaysense | Stocked by Displaysense alone, so the blue board stays particular to your own firm and stays simple to match up later on. |
| Also Available In | Green, red and grey felt, plus a full-corridor extra-large board | Also offered in green or grey, in red as well, or as the extra-large corridor board. |
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
3 to 5 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- Orders typically ship within 1 to 2 working days of placement
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
Common Questions About Blue Fire-Rated Office Noticeboards
Q: What is the best fire-rated noticeboard for an office or reception?
A: The best fire-rated noticeboard for an office or reception is a compact blue felt board tested as one whole composite, to BS 476 Class 0 and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The cool colour keeps a workplace composed, pins and staples both grip the felt, and a satin silver frame, two-year cover and supply through Displaysense alone round it off.
Q: Why choose blue for a workplace noticeboard?
A: Blue is widely read as calm, steady and professional, so a blue felt noticeboard reinforces the composed look a reception, boardroom or open-plan office wants to project. It lets the notices on it take the lead while the board itself stays quiet, calm and understated in the room.
Q: How does a satin silver frame affect the look of the board?
A: The slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame gives the board a clean, corporate edge that suits a professional space and resists corrosion over time. It squares off the blue felt neatly, so the finished board looks planned into the room rather than added on the wall as an afterthought.
Q: What does a whole-unit fire certificate actually cover?
A: A whole-unit certificate means the finished board was fire tested and classified as one piece, felt, frame, backing and corners included, rather than just its surface. Since many boards only treat a single layer, testing the complete item is what gives real confidence in the rating.
Q: How does this compact blue board compare to the extra-large NB4824R?
A: At 1200 by 900, this blue board covers a single office, reception or meeting-room wall, while the much larger NB4824R spans 2400 by 1200 in red and is meant for a whole corridor run. The composite fire certification matches on both, so colour and the wall you need to fill are what decide it.
Q: Will the blue felt take pins and staples?
A: Yes. The fire-rated blue felt accepts both pins and staples, so agendas, rotas and laminated notices all fix straight onto it. Being fire-rated makes no difference at all to everyday use, so it works exactly like a standard office felt board would.
Q: How is the compact board mounted, and does it show fixings?
A: A wall mount kit comes supplied, and corner covers finish over the fittings for a clean, flush face with nothing on show. Because the compact board is light, a single fitter or a pair can hang it on a solid wall, choosing fixings to suit the surface while the covers neaten the edges.
Q: Are the corners safe in a shared office area?
A: Yes. The corners come rounded rather than squared off, a sensible touch on a board fixed in a public office area where staff and visitors pass by steadily. With the fixings concealed as well, the board keeps clean, safe lines that suit a professional setting.
Q: Can the blue noticeboard hang portrait or landscape?
A: Yes, it goes up either way. An upright fit suits a slim pillar beside a lift, while landscape works across a wider bay behind a desk. The compact display area stays the same whichever orientation you pick, so the board follows the wall rather than the reverse.
Q: Does the blue noticeboard need assembling before it goes up?
A: None at all. The board turns up ready made, so once you have picked portrait or landscape it fixes directly to a solid wall using the fittings provided. That keeps the job quick in a reception or office where you would rather not lose the space for long.
Q: Is this blue fire noticeboard exclusive to Displaysense?
A: Yes. This composite-certified blue board is stocked through Displaysense alone, so a competing firm simply will not find it in a general office supplier range. That leaves the certified boards in your building specific to your firm, and makes reordering a match, or a different colour, straightforward as you take on more space.
Q: Can this blue fire noticeboard go outdoors?
A: No, it is an indoor board only. Blue felt and an aluminium frame are not made to weather rain, wind or damp, so keep it inside offices, receptions, meeting rooms and corridors. The fire rating concerns behaviour in an indoor fire, not any ability to sit outside.
Getting Reception and Office Noticeboards Right
A workplace board has to earn its place on the wall, balancing a professional look, clear day-to-day communication and the fire rules a building has to meet. These reads from the Displaysense knowledge hub cover reception displays, everyday board best practice and communication that actually works, so a noticeboard genuinely pulls its weight in a busy office or reception rather than just filling a gap on the wall.
Overview
A Blue Fire-Safe Noticeboard That Keeps a Reception Looking Sharp and Compliant
The NB4809BL brings a calm, professional blue to a wall that still has to meet fire rules, which makes it a natural fit for a reception, an office or a meeting room where the overall look of the place genuinely matters to the people using it. Sized as the small-format option in the fire-rated line, it is made for a single tidy wall rather than a whole corridor, and the whole board, blue felt and satin silver frame alike, holds the recognised UK fire classification as a single unit, not as a treated felt fronting an untested body underneath. Push pins and staples hold agendas, rotas and policies on the calm blue felt, the slim satin silver frame keeps a corporate edge around it, and the rounded corners keep it safe in a shared, busy space. No other supplier stocks it, and it arrives ready to hang with the wall fixings included. Best suited to receptions, open-plan offices and meeting rooms where a board has to look professional and stay fire compliant at the same time.
Why a Calm Blue Board Suits an Office Better Than a Bright One
- A clean corporate frame: A slim satin silver anodised aluminium surround gives the board a tidy, professional edge that resists corrosion, holds its shape over time and looks at home on a reception or boardroom wall rather than in a back-office utility corner.
- Rated across the whole board: The finished unit, felt, frame, backing and corners, was fire tested together and classified to BS 476 Class 0 and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0, so the certificate stands for the complete board on the wall and not merely a single treated layer buried within it.
- Calm, steady blue: A cool blue surface reads as measured and professional, the colour of a workplace in control of itself, so notices sit on it without shouting for attention, and the wall keeps the composed, in-control look a professional office wants to project.
- Safe, rounded corners: Each corner is softened instead of squared off, a quiet safety touch on a board fixed in a public office area where staff and visitors move past it steadily through the working day.
- Mounts to suit the wall: The supplied kit and concealed corner fittings let the board sit flush in either orientation, so a slim pillar beside a lift or a broader stretch behind a reception desk both take it comfortably.
- Only from Displaysense: This blue fire board is stocked by us and nobody else, so the certified board in your reception is not one a competing firm can order from an everyday office catalogue.
Where a Blue Felt Display Board Fits a Professional Workplace
| Receptions and Entrances | First impressions form at the front desk, so a composed blue board there holds sign-in guidance, welcome notices and health and safety information while keeping the entrance itself looking ordered and professional to every visitor who walks in. |
| Open-Plan Offices | Shared work floors need somewhere central for rotas, project updates and policies, and a calm blue surface carries all of it without adding any extra visual noise to an already busy room full of desks, people and screens. |
| Boardrooms and Meeting Rooms | Formal spaces call for a tidy, understated board, and a blue fire-rated one suits a meeting room where agendas and reference material need to be on show without in any way undercutting the calm, considered look of the room. |
| Corporate Corridors and Breakout | Along through-routes and in breakout zones, staff notices and culture material go up all day, and a professional blue board keeps that content legible and on-brand while still meeting the fire rules that any modern workplace has to observe. |
| Banks and Professional Services | Client-facing firms trade on looking dependable, so a steady blue board in a branch or an advisory office presents rates, notices and compliance information in a way that quietly reinforces rather than dents that dependable impression. |
| Hotels and Serviced Spaces | Guest floors, business suites and staff areas benefit from a board that reads as calm and well kept, and a blue fire-rated surface handles event listings, guest notices and rotas while blending neatly into an otherwise polished interior. |
Need a Warmer Colour or a Bigger Board?
You can also have this board in green, grey or red, and a bigger board is available when a whole corridor needs covering. Let us know the space and we will help pick the right colour and size.
Talk to our team on 01279460460 or describe your space and we will help you decide.
The Displaysense NB4809BL is a compact fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard with a calm, professional finish. Its blue felt accepts push pins and staples, a slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame surrounds the board and the corners are rounded for safety. The complete unit is fire tested as one, not just its treated surface, meeting BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The board measures 1200mm x 900mm and weighs 10kg. It hangs portrait or landscape, includes a wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings. Built for indoor use and exclusive to Displaysense, it suits receptions, open-plan offices, boardrooms, corporate corridors, professional services and hotels that want a noticeboard to read as calm and professional. Also companion colours are green (NB4809GN), red (NB4809RD) and grey (NB4809GR), with a larger 2400mm x 1200mm board (NB4824R) for a full corridor. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Description
Offices and receptions live or die on looking tidy, so the finish of a noticeboard matters nearly as much as what ends up pinned to it. A slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame keeps this one clean-edged and square, resisting corrosion and standing up to the daily knocks of a busy workplace, while the metal surround gives the blue felt a composed, corporate border rather than a raw or utilitarian edge, the kind of finish that looks planned into a professional room instead of tacked onto the wall as an afterthought.
Behind that professional look sits a serious safety credential, because the finished board, blue felt, backing, aluminium frame and corners included, faced the fire test as a single composite and came away classified to BS 476 Class 0 and to BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. Assessing the complete board instead of one treated layer is what clears a smart office board like this for a reception, a corridor or a meeting room, the sort of spaces where the fire rules have to hold for everything hanging on the wall and not merely the visible layer at the front.
Blue reads as calm, steady and professional, the colour of a workplace that has itself together, which is a good part of why it suits a reception, a boardroom or an open-plan floor far better than a louder shade would. The felt is the fire-rated surface itself and grips both push pins and staples, so agendas, rotas and laminated policies stay exactly where they are placed, and the cool tone lets the notices themselves lead the eye while the board sits quietly and steadily behind them.
Sold only through Displaysense, this blue board stays off the shelves a rival buyer would reach for, which keeps the certified board in your reception particular to your own firm, and it arrives ready to hang, with the wall fixings it needs supplied in the box. Anyone tasked with fire safety ends up with two helpful things here, one certificate that spans the whole board and one clear place to source it, which leaves a smart, calm board that holds up to scrutiny on the day the rating gets reviewed.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard
- 1 x wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings
Fitting Out an Office or a Whole Floor?
Choosing boards for a reception, a run of meeting rooms or an entire floor is easier with a hand. We can help you pick colours and sizes area by area and confirm the fire rating fits every one of them.
Phone 01279460460 or send us your floor plan and we will work it through with you.
The Displaysense NB4809BL is a compact fire-resistant blue felt aluminium-framed noticeboard with a calm, professional finish. Its blue felt accepts push pins and staples, a slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame surrounds the board and the corners are rounded for safety. The complete unit is fire tested as one, not just its treated surface, meeting BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The board measures 1200mm x 900mm and weighs 10kg. It hangs portrait or landscape, includes a wall mount kit with concealed corner fixings. Built for indoor use and exclusive to Displaysense, it suits receptions, open-plan offices, boardrooms, corporate corridors, professional services and hotels that want a noticeboard to read as calm and professional. Also companion colours are green (NB4809GN), red (NB4809RD) and grey (NB4809GR), with a larger 2400mm x 1200mm board (NB4824R) for a full corridor. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Specifications
Below are the full specifications for the NB4809BL, the compact blue board in the fire-rated felt line, finished with a satin silver frame and tested as one whole composite. Made for indoor walls and available through Displaysense alone, it pairs a calm, professional surface with softened corners, hidden fixings and two years of cover, and the colour choice runs right across green, red and grey felt.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Frame | Satin silver anodised aluminium | A slim, corrosion-resistant corporate edge that keeps the whole board looking sharp and deliberate on a reception or office wall. |
| Colour and Finish | Blue felt | A cool, composed shade that lets the notices themselves lead the eye while the board keeps a professional, understated presence in the room. |
| Surface | Fire-rated blue felt, pinnable and staple-friendly | Agendas, rotas and laminated notices press straight on with either pins or staples, all held on a surface that is rated to resist fire. |
| Fire Certification | BS 476 Class 0 (Parts 6 and 7) and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0, tested as a composite | The whole board carries the rating as a single unit, so it suits an office corridor or reception where the full item, not just a layer, must comply. |
| Corners | Rounded safety corners | Softened rather than square, giving a safer, neater edge on a board fixed in a shared professional area with steady footfall. |
| Size | 1200mm x 900mm | A compact wall board that fits a reception or office bay tidily, hung either way up, without ever dominating the room around it. |
| Weight | 10kg | At a modest weight, one or two people can fix it to a solid wall using the mount kit included in the box. |
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape | Hangs upright or on its side, so it settles onto a slim pillar by a lift or a wider bay behind a reception desk. |
| Fixings | Wall mount kit, concealed corner fixings | All the mounting parts are supplied, and snap-on corner covers sit over the fittings for a clean, flush, tamper-resistant face. |
| Environment | Indoor use | Made for interior walls in offices, schools and public buildings, kept well away from rain, wind and damp. |
| Exclusivity | Exclusive to Displaysense | Stocked by Displaysense alone, so the blue board stays particular to your own firm and stays simple to match up later on. |
| Also Available In | Green, red and grey felt, plus a full-corridor extra-large board | Also offered in green or grey, in red as well, or as the extra-large corridor board. |
Delivery & Returns
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
3 to 5 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- Orders typically ship within 1 to 2 working days of placement
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
FAQs
Common Questions About Blue Fire-Rated Office Noticeboards
Q: What is the best fire-rated noticeboard for an office or reception?
A: The best fire-rated noticeboard for an office or reception is a compact blue felt board tested as one whole composite, to BS 476 Class 0 and BS EN 13501-1:2002 Class B-s1,d0. The cool colour keeps a workplace composed, pins and staples both grip the felt, and a satin silver frame, two-year cover and supply through Displaysense alone round it off.
Q: Why choose blue for a workplace noticeboard?
A: Blue is widely read as calm, steady and professional, so a blue felt noticeboard reinforces the composed look a reception, boardroom or open-plan office wants to project. It lets the notices on it take the lead while the board itself stays quiet, calm and understated in the room.
Q: How does a satin silver frame affect the look of the board?
A: The slim satin silver anodised aluminium frame gives the board a clean, corporate edge that suits a professional space and resists corrosion over time. It squares off the blue felt neatly, so the finished board looks planned into the room rather than added on the wall as an afterthought.
Q: What does a whole-unit fire certificate actually cover?
A: A whole-unit certificate means the finished board was fire tested and classified as one piece, felt, frame, backing and corners included, rather than just its surface. Since many boards only treat a single layer, testing the complete item is what gives real confidence in the rating.
Q: How does this compact blue board compare to the extra-large NB4824R?
A: At 1200 by 900, this blue board covers a single office, reception or meeting-room wall, while the much larger NB4824R spans 2400 by 1200 in red and is meant for a whole corridor run. The composite fire certification matches on both, so colour and the wall you need to fill are what decide it.
Q: Will the blue felt take pins and staples?
A: Yes. The fire-rated blue felt accepts both pins and staples, so agendas, rotas and laminated notices all fix straight onto it. Being fire-rated makes no difference at all to everyday use, so it works exactly like a standard office felt board would.
Q: How is the compact board mounted, and does it show fixings?
A: A wall mount kit comes supplied, and corner covers finish over the fittings for a clean, flush face with nothing on show. Because the compact board is light, a single fitter or a pair can hang it on a solid wall, choosing fixings to suit the surface while the covers neaten the edges.
Q: Are the corners safe in a shared office area?
A: Yes. The corners come rounded rather than squared off, a sensible touch on a board fixed in a public office area where staff and visitors pass by steadily. With the fixings concealed as well, the board keeps clean, safe lines that suit a professional setting.
Q: Can the blue noticeboard hang portrait or landscape?
A: Yes, it goes up either way. An upright fit suits a slim pillar beside a lift, while landscape works across a wider bay behind a desk. The compact display area stays the same whichever orientation you pick, so the board follows the wall rather than the reverse.
Q: Does the blue noticeboard need assembling before it goes up?
A: None at all. The board turns up ready made, so once you have picked portrait or landscape it fixes directly to a solid wall using the fittings provided. That keeps the job quick in a reception or office where you would rather not lose the space for long.
Q: Is this blue fire noticeboard exclusive to Displaysense?
A: Yes. This composite-certified blue board is stocked through Displaysense alone, so a competing firm simply will not find it in a general office supplier range. That leaves the certified boards in your building specific to your firm, and makes reordering a match, or a different colour, straightforward as you take on more space.
Q: Can this blue fire noticeboard go outdoors?
A: No, it is an indoor board only. Blue felt and an aluminium frame are not made to weather rain, wind or damp, so keep it inside offices, receptions, meeting rooms and corridors. The fire rating concerns behaviour in an indoor fire, not any ability to sit outside.
Knowledge Hub
Getting Reception and Office Noticeboards Right
A workplace board has to earn its place on the wall, balancing a professional look, clear day-to-day communication and the fire rules a building has to meet. These reads from the Displaysense knowledge hub cover reception displays, everyday board best practice and communication that actually works, so a noticeboard genuinely pulls its weight in a busy office or reception rather than just filling a gap on the wall.
