In residential homes installation of fire rated drywall is often required by state province and local building codes on interior and exterior walls near furnaces and utility rooms.
Fire rated drywall type x.
Usg sheetrock brand 5 8 in.
What is fire rated gypsum.
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Type x drywall products will have a ul ulc marking printed on the back of each board identifying it as a fire resistance rated board quot.
Type x drywall has special core additives that allow it to be used in fire rated designs and usually comes in 5 8 thickness.
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It contains gypsum with noncombustible glass fibers which increase the fire rating 1 hour minimum.
Finally the gypsum and fiberglass are packed tighter and denser than with regular drywall.
Interior walls are traditionally non fire rated drywall.
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Type x drywall is 5 8 inches thick and the first fire code product.
Q a sheetrock brand firecode x panels ul type scx are 5 8 in.
Mold tough firecode x panels model 14313211308 view the drywall project collection.
Drywall type x and type c are the industry standards for this type of construction and are used on all exterior facing and joining walls.
Fire rated type x shaftliner is 1 25 4 mm thick and used in special shaftwall and area separation firewall assemblies.
Certainteed type x board features a specially formulated core providing fire resistance ratings when used in tested assemblies.
Type x drywall is 5 8 inches thick.
15 9 mm type x gypsum panels that feature a noncombustible gypsum core that is encased in 100 recycled face and back papers that form a high strength composite design.
Certainteed type x fire resistant drywall is an interior gypsum board consisting of a solid set fire resistive type x gypsum core enclosed in ivory colored face paper and a strong liner back paper.
Quot type x drywall has special core additives that allow it to be used in fire rated designs and usually comes in 5 8 rdquo.