With improved firestop systems specifications and installations, these catastrophes could be reduced significantly. Still, there are several reasons code-compliant firestop materials and methods ...

The requirements for firestopping communications or other low-voltage type cabling can present a particularly difficult set of complications on a construction project. This is especially true when the ...

Blaze Foam compressible intumescent strips are designed for head-of-wall, bottom-of-wall and wall-to-wall joints; install 75% faster than conventional methods. Blaze Foam was tested in accordance with ...

Whether an intumescent firestop collar is actually required by code isn't clear. The Minnesota State Building Code says that an approved material needs to be used around pipes (see R302.5.3, which ...