Can Firestopping Products be used as a “high temperature” sealant or “what temperature will your product take?
This question is usually asked when the customer wishes to use the product as a gasket or filler around a furnace door or another constantly elevated temperature condition. When testing firestop applications, temperatures within the furnace can reach upwards of 2,000 degrees F. However, these are under fire conditions and not day to day constant exposure. Most firestop sealants will start to change chemically or physically at relatively low temperatures (150 to 350 degrees F). Therefore, assigning a temperature range for firestop materials would not be useful since they are designed to react to a fire and function within that one time condition.
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