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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: lingmoor on June 10, 2014, 09:24:48 AM
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Hi
Can anyone point me in the direction of information relating to fire resistance of plasterboard.
I was in a tax office building the other day (yes I know :( ) where it appeared that one leaf of a 30 minute double fire door had been replaced by plasterboard, the joints has been smeered with what looked like filler and a painter was there in the process of painting this plasterboard
Could someone remind my aging memory of what would achieve 30 minute fire resistance?
My memory is that that a 9.5 mm plasterboard had to have a skim of plaster but a 12.5 mm plasterboard didn't...but as I said it's aging
cheers
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Hi
Can anyone point me in the direction of information relating to fire resistance of plasterboard.
I was in a tax office building the other day (yes I know :( ) where it appeared that one leaf of a 30 minute double fire door had been replaced by plasterboard, the joints has been smeered with what looked like filler and a painter was there in the process of painting this plasterboard
Could someone remind my aging memory of what would achieve 30 minute fire resistance?
My memory is that that a 9.5 mm plasterboard had to have a skim of plaster but a 12.5 mm plasterboard didn't...but as I said it's aging
cheers
Try British Gypsum website. I think your spec for plasterboard FR is maybe from a bygone age but I could be wrong. Fireboard seems to be the thing. I do know of a BC Dept that would not accept plain skimmed plasterboard for fire protection purposes.
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Thanks nearlythere
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lingmoor
what about closer, hinges etc?
davo
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Davo
It was only a brief encounter with an ex-door/new wall, as I was visiting draculas assistant, but I'd imagine the door furniture went the same way as the door itself