Ul Fire Rated Concrete Wall Assemblies

Typically for an exterior wall with a fire separation distance greater than 5 ft 1 524 mm fire needs be considered on the interior side only.

Ul fire rated concrete wall assemblies.

Step by step instructions on locating rated walls floors beams and columns. These assemblies need to meet fire and smoke safety and environmental sustainability requirements. Fire rated assemblies are tested and certified in their entirety. Step by step instructions on locating through penetration firestop system certifications.

The ratings relate to fire tests designed to determine how quickly fire can raise the temperature to unacceptable levels. Fire rated wall floor and ceiling assemblies provide the necessary fire and smoke barriers to create compartmentalization during a fire safeguarding against the spread of fire and smoke within a building or to and from a building. Links to joint systems for use in static and dynamic applications. Usg provides resources here for our ul wall assemblies for seamless integration into any construction project.

We provide a comprehensive portfolio of fire smoke and sound resistant and watertight sprays caulks sealants and tapes for interior construction joint and perimeter curtain wall applications. Discover monokote products ul designs thickness and more about floor assemblies. These values are for solid walls or slabs. Aci tms 216 1 14 code requirements for determining fire resistance of concrete and masonry construction assemblies lists the minimum equivalent thickness of single layer concrete walls to meet fire resistance ratings ranging from 1 to 4 hours see table on following page.

Featured products systems. Insulating concrete nonstructural concrete with a unit weight less than 60 pcf. These wall assembly files are used for planning and estimation purposes for many ul wall types such as fire rated wall assemblies. See joint systems xhbn.

Westbrook block is a proud producer of underwriters laboratories ul approved fire rated cmu in both light weight and normal weight densities in 2 3 and 4 hour configurations. The fire rating of the wall assembly is the lower of the two. Fire resistant joint system an assemblage of specific materials or products rated in accordance with ansi ul 2079 to resist for a prescribed period of time the passage of fire through joints between fire resistance rated assemblies. Perimeter fire containment systems.

These blocks while allowing for safe means of egress and fire rating should no longer be looked at as just normal grey cmu.