Blazeguard Protects Garage Walls

Barrier National Sales Manager, Jim Dukart, recently visited a construction site in northern Minnesota that is using Blazeguard as a fire-resistant and impact-resistant wall surface for the inside of a shop garage.

Blazeguard as used in a garage wall application.

In addition to meeting local fire and electrical codes, this garage application (click here to view case study) protects the building's interior surfaces from incidental damage such as from vehicles or forklifts bumping up against walls or tools or equipment that might puncture a gypsum wallboard surface. The building owner also enjoys mold protection and "pre-primed" walls and ceilings ready for a coat of paint as needed.

Blazeguard also lines the electrical control room inside the garage, providing a fire-resistant backing for electrical control panels. In traditional gypsum wallboard construction, electrical panels would need to be hung over studs; using Blazeguard, the panel can be secured anywhere on the Blazeguard-coated wall.

Builders or building owners who do not want or need to fire-protect their entire garage may still want to look at Blazeguard as a fire barrier on walls common to a garage and living quarters. Barrier lists both one-and-two-hour fire rated wall assemblies on our website at www.intlbarrier.com.Fire rated sheathing, fire rated osb, fire rated plywood, multi-family construction, small cap, otcbb, ibtgf, barrier, blazeguard, mycoguard, fire-rated paint, intumescent paint, mold resistant, mildew resistant, fire-retardant plywood, frt, sips, fire rated structurally insulated panels, fire rated wall assemblies, fire rated commercial modular roofing, fire rated modular home construction, green building products, LEED, electrical panel backer board, SIPs; wildfire protection, forest fire protection; non combustible exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant exterior wall sheathing, ignition resistant eaves; non combustible eaves; ignition resistant soffets; non combustible soffets; ESR-1365; WUI approved/listed; California state fire marshal approved building materials

Okaply Provides Mule-Hide FR Deck Panel for Mechnical Control Room in Montreal

Our new Mule-Hide FR Deck Distributor in Canada, Okaply, has supplied MuleHide FR Deck panel for a mechanical control room project in Montreal. The modular rooms were designed to house heating and plumbing equipment. The FR Deck Panel provides both the fire-rated material, plus structural strength in a single panel. It is easily painted for a finished appearance. Barrier, in partnership with Okaply created a case study to showcase the use of the FR Deck panel in this project. Click here to read it in full. The manufacturer was pleased with the product and we are confident they will be using more of our product in the near future.

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