The Building Code limits the size of steel members where fire spray may be applied without reinforcement. Does this apply to the Vermitex range of products as well?
Some building codes do apply ‘stickability’ restrictions to steel members that can be upgraded with standard Fire Spray materials without the aide of mechanical reinforcement. These restrictions relate to the size of the steel member and to materials that have not proven ‘Stickability’ under Fire Test conditions. LAF’s products such as Vermitex have amply demonstrated ‘Stickability’ when subjected to rigorous fire testing, on horizontal steel Plate 700 mm wide. Please refer to LAF for further details. I have a 2 Hr Firewall terminating below the bottom flange of a steel beam, with 2 Hr firespray material applied to the beam and turned down the wall 150 mm. Is there anything else I should worry about? When structural steel elements form part of are part of a Separating Element of Construction (partition, ceiling, etc) care must be taken to ensure that the Insulation Criteria requirement (mandatory in certain Standards) for Separating Elements of Construction is not impeded. In some case
