×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Chemical Anchors and fire

Chemical Anchors and fire

Chemical Anchors and fire

(OP)
It is common practice, and often unavoidable, to use chemical anchors in structural retrofit projects.

My concern has always been the complete lack of fire resistance for chemical anchors.

I will use mechanical anchors when approriate, but this is not always an option.

What practices do people use to avoid these issues?

RE: Chemical Anchors and fire

Overhead application of chemical anchors are prohibited but the use may be permitted for shear applications.  For overhead applications, mechanical anchors are commonly used but screw type anchors may also be used if allowed by the local building official.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources