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Find out how Dricon® FRT Wood can help protect your house or business from fire.
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DriconDricon® ® FRT FRT Wood:Wood:In a Class by ItselfIn a Class by Itself
Building codes are intended to eliminate, Building codes are intended to eliminate, or at least reduce, the consequences or at least reduce, the consequences of fire. of fire.
Fires cause deaths and significant Fires cause deaths and significant property loss.property loss.
With fire retardant treated wood, flame spread With fire retardant treated wood, flame spread and smoke development are greatly reduced. and smoke development are greatly reduced.
• Limit structural damageLimit structural damage• Increase escape timeIncrease escape time• Save livesSave lives
Dricon® Fire Retardant Treated Wood
30-year history30-year history•CommercialCommercialHotels, stores, restaurants, theaters, stablesHotels, stores, restaurants, theaters, stables•InstitutionalInstitutional Schools, airports, museumsSchools, airports, museums•IndustrialIndustrial Warehouses, utility buildings, manufacturing facilitiesWarehouses, utility buildings, manufacturing facilities•Residential Residential Multi-family buildings, single-family homesMulti-family buildings, single-family homes
What is Dricon® FRT Wood?• Lumber, plywood, LVLLumber, plywood, LVL• Pressure-treated with a fire retardant solutionPressure-treated with a fire retardant solution• Reduces effects of fire and smokeReduces effects of fire and smoke• Reapplication or additional coating never Reapplication or additional coating never
needed for life needed for life of woodof wood
• Plus: it resists Plus: it resists damage from damage from termites and termites and fungal decayfungal decay
Dricon® FRT Wood
• For interior and weather-shielded usesFor interior and weather-shielded uses• For exteriors: specify FRXFor exteriors: specify FRX®® exterior FRT exterior FRT
woodwood
Code-Driven Applications
• Roof sheathingRoof sheathing• TrussesTrusses• BlockingBlocking
• Protection for families, Protection for families, valuable artwork, other valuable artwork, other irreplaceable contentsirreplaceable contents
• Inadequate or distant Inadequate or distant firefighting services firefighting services
• Avoid inadvertent Avoid inadvertent activation of sprinklersactivation of sprinklers
• Avoid maintenanceAvoid maintenance
Specified for Reasons Specified for Reasons Beyond Building CodesBeyond Building Codes
IBC Requirements
• Requirements for FRT woodRequirements for FRT wood• Pressure-treatedPressure-treated• Third-party inspectionThird-party inspection• Marked on woodMarked on wood
Class A: Class A: Flame Spread rating ≤25 andFlame Spread rating ≤25 and
Smoke Developed rating ≤450Smoke Developed rating ≤450in 10-minute tunnel test with in 10-minute tunnel test with no progressive combustion in no progressive combustion in a 30-minute test a 30-minute test
Flame Spread vs. Fire Resistance
Flame SpreadSurface burning characteristic of components
Comparative rating of speed across surface
Fire ResistanceHourly rating for specific assemblies
Time to burn through cross-section
Component Additive Method (CAM)
Using CAM
An example …An example …
Component Time/Min.20Studs 16″ on center
155/8” plywood – interior
15
Rockwool or slag mineral wool batts weighing not less than ¼ lb./sq. ft. of wall surface
15½″ gypsum board
1 hour 5 min.Assembly Total
Details on CAM available from American Wood Council, www.Dricon .com, and others
Strength Values
Values vary by Values vary by • BrandBrand• SpeciesSpecies• Strength Strength
propertyproperty
Finishing
• Cutting lengths, drilling holes, andCutting lengths, drilling holes, andlight sanding – all permissible without coatinglight sanding – all permissible without coating
• Lumber should not be ripped or milled; this is okay for Lumber should not be ripped or milled; this is okay for plywoodplywood
• Can be painted or stained like untreated wood but Can be painted or stained like untreated wood but consider flammability of coatingconsider flammability of coating
Should a Fire Strike …
• Chemicals react automaticallyChemicals react automatically• Carbon char and harmless Carbon char and harmless
compounds generatedcompounds generated• Char insulates underlying woodChar insulates underlying wood• Flame spread is reduced significantlyFlame spread is reduced significantly• Less smoke is generatedLess smoke is generated
Chemical Make-Up
• 70% guanylurea phosphate (GUP) for fire 70% guanylurea phosphate (GUP) for fire retardancyretardancy
• 30% boric acid for wood preservation30% boric acid for wood preservation
AWPA Standard P49-10 for FR-1 (Dricon® FR) AWPA Standard P49-10 for FR-1 (Dricon® FR)
What’s Not There
Dricon® formulation Dricon® formulation does notdoes not contain contain • HalogensHalogens• SulfatesSulfates• FormaldehydeFormaldehyde• Ammonium phosphatesAmmonium phosphates
Quality Control Assurance
Fire retardant chemicalFire retardant chemical– Arch Wood ProtectionArch Wood Protection– Underwriters LaboratoriesUnderwriters Laboratories
Treatment of woodTreatment of wood– Arch Wood ProtectionArch Wood Protection– Dricon® wood licenseeDricon® wood licensee– Timber Products InspectionTimber Products Inspection– Southern Pine Inspection BureauSouthern Pine Inspection Bureau
Advantages to Building Owners
• Meets code requirements as an approved Meets code requirements as an approved alternate to noncombustible materialalternate to noncombustible material
• Resists termite damage and fungal decayResists termite damage and fungal decay• No more corrosive than ordinary, No more corrosive than ordinary,
untreated wooduntreated wood• Works automatically when fire strikes and Works automatically when fire strikes and
cannot be accidentally activatedcannot be accidentally activated
• Strength Strength (40-year roof)(40-year roof)
• Preservative Preservative (40-year termite and fungal decay)(40-year termite and fungal decay)
• TrussesTrusses(10/40-year WTCA)(10/40-year WTCA)
Warranties
Warranties not voided when wood contacts Warranties not voided when wood contacts concrete that touches the ground. They require concrete that touches the ground. They require only one-time registration.only one-time registration.
More Advantages• Listed in current standards (P25, P49) Listed in current standards (P25, P49)
of American Wood Protection Associationof American Wood Protection Association• 30-year history of effective use30-year history of effective use• Serves two end purposes with one inventoryServes two end purposes with one inventory• All the environmental All the environmental
benefits of woodbenefits of wood
Dricon® wood improves Dricon® wood improves building safety for what building safety for what matters most, and gives matters most, and gives benefits you cannot get benefits you cannot get from other brands or from other brands or other products.other products.
A Lot at Risk
In a Class by Itself