Fireproofing Steel Beams With Plasterboard

Both of these give fire protection to a steel beam for so many minutes usually 90.

Fireproofing steel beams with plasterboard.

Plaster boarding a steel beam to comply with building control. And wood framed including loadbearing. We use the latest foam spray fire retardant materials and techniques to deliver superior safety and performance. When properly designed and constructed steel framing can preserve its structural integrity in the event of a fire and exposure to prolonged elevated temperatures.

Basic methods of fireproofing protecting columns and beams with gypsum base and veneer finishes mineral fireproofing and gypsum drywall. Structural steel buildings perform well when exposed to fire. Spray applied fireproofing is primarily used to protect rigid structural elements including columns beams metal decking and some steel joists from the effects of heat generated during a fire. If this steel is holding your house up well it wont be holding it up for much longer if this were to happen.

For this reason steel beams are covered in either two layers of plasterboard of one single layer or fire rated plasterboard. Steel column or beam encased in either fireshield or shaftliner plasterboard frame. Steel is a durable noncombustible fire resistant material. Option 1 furring channel track with encasement clips at 600mm max centres friction fitted to structural frame flanges option 2 plasterboard directly fixed to structural steel 13mm fireshield can be substituted with 13mm trurock.

While not its primary use sfrm may also provide acoustical treatment and thermal insulation for large areas where the structural members and metal decking are left exposed but treated with sfrm. E structural 53 56 column beam through penetration walls and floors and joists. We offer a choice of two systems depending on requirements firstly the firecase system which uses the glasroc f firecase board to form a frameless encasement around the beam or column and secondly the gyplyner encase system which uses gyproc fireline plasterboard mounted on a gypframe metal.