Attach Sheet Metal To Drywall Fire Rating

If a conventional 1 2 inch thick sheet of drywall will stand up to 30 minutes of fire then the added 1 8 inch found in the type x drywall along with its other properties will double your margin of safety to 60 minutes.

Attach sheet metal to drywall fire rating.

In stock at store today 2 shop in store only. Start by drilling a hole about the size of the tip of the threaded anchor. The 5 8 inch fire code drywall called type x increases a wall s fire rating to a minimum of 1 hour from the 30 minute rating for standard inch drywall. As with the expansion anchor drive it in until it sits flush with the drywall.

Get free shipping on qualified fire resistant drywall sheets or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department. 1 2 4x8 drywall sheetrock drywall sheet 1 2 drywall drywall drywall sheets 4 by 8 panelling 12x4 cedar. And it s not just thickness. A 60 minute fire rating is a measure of the amount of time the wall system can withstand fire resistance in a fire rating performance test.

I d certainly pay a premium over standard drywall to have a more fire resistant structure. Lift the sheet to the wall and press it against the drywall aligning at least one side of the sheet with a stud. View top sellers in. Mount a 1 1 2 inch fiberglass barrier inside the studs.

Use special fiberglass rated for use in firewalls. Then take your power drill and drive the threaded anchor into the drywall just like you would with a normal screw. While all of this is intended to create a fire barrier between garage and house it is not specified as one hour rating or fire wall by the residential editon of the florida building code fbc or the. The most cost effective solution for applying drywall to interior structural beams and columns.

When there is a living area habitable space above the garage the ceiling requirement ramps up to 5 8 type x fire rated drywall. Structurally sound application meets us and canadian regulations such as ansi ast e119 and nspa no. 251 requirements including 1 to 4 hour fire ratings. Steve miller sylvan lake mi.

Use steel studs and two layers of 1 2 inch type c drywall on each side of the studs for a two hour fire rating on an interior wall.