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    Fire Rating

    Yep, I guess it could also do that too. Now I need to know which floor/ceiling truss system I will use. This is all for a new aparment complex. And a lot of drywall layers might be that path toward achieving the rating but may not work for the ceiling height clearance. I imagine the trusses...
  2. Alavalle

    Fire Rating

    Does a 3hr fire-rated wood floor/ceiling assembly exist? I have been looking at all the UL designs and I haven't found anything but 2hr rated. I am trying to keep it wood to not have to use metal. Something such as wood trusses for floor or ceiling is what I'm looking to use.

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