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Fireproofing & Firestopping

Building a Firestop Company With a Soul

Entrepreneurship is part of the American dream. But even in a stable economy, most startups don’t survive. In these fluid times, established companies too are experimenting to find greater resilience and flexibility. The co-founder...

ME Area Separation Firewall System

With the release of its patent pending ME Area Separation Firewall system, American Gypsum Company announces the first major improvement in decades for fire and sound separation between living units of multifamily housing projects...

Polyurethane Foam Sealant

RectorSeal® introduces Draft-Block™ Orange, a fire blocking expanding polyurethane foam sealant designed for Type V residential construction, Draft-Block Orange expands up to 3x to fill, bond and insulate an assortment of applications. As a...

Dynamic Life Safety

Safti-Seal has expanded its Life Safety Solutions and Fire Rated Gasket profiles. The peel-and-stick UL 2079 v.5 certified FRG joint protection is rated for 100% unencumbered movement, up to 4" deflection and 1- and...

Changes in Recent IBC Firestop Requirements

The majority of firestop installation is driven by the building codes as they establish a minimum level of safety that must be adhered to during the design and construction of new buildings. Arguably the...

Passive Fire Protection

ClarkDietrich offers BlazeFrame® RipTRAK™, the latest addition to the company’s BlazeFrame Fire Stop product line.      BlazeFrame RipTRAK is a UL-approved fire-rated head-of-wall deflection track for both roof and wall assemblies. Available in 1-...

Fire Rated Gasket Joint Protection

Safti-Seal introduces a new line of “peel and stick” UL 2079 v.5 certified Fire Rated Gasket joint protection rated for 100% movement and up to 2.00" overall deflection. The FRG material can be combined with...

Fire Rated Deflection Bead

MarinoWare Fire Bead is a patent-pending composite fire rated wall mount deflection bead that provides 1- and 2-hour fire-ratings in lieu of fire sealant for both dynamic and static joints according to UL-2079 5th...

Fire Barriers for Larger Expansion Joints

Balco Inc. introduces the MetaFlex Pro family of fire barriers; MetaFlex Pro 2 Hr, Metaflex Pro 3 Hr, Metaflex Pro Shear and Metaflex Pro Undermount. These 4 products were designed with the installer in...