Fire-Resistant Assemblies - USG Corporation

B
Floor/Ceilings
Steel Framed
2 Hour Fire-Rated Construction Steel Bar Joist Framing Acoustical Performance Reference
Construction Detail Description Test Number STC Test Number Index
• 3/4" FR-83 acoustical ceiling panels
• DXL, DXLZ or SDXL Susp Exp Grid System
– light fixture and air duct optional
– 2-1/2" concrete deck on riblath
UL Des G252 B-32
22"
– steel bar joists
22 1 ⁄2"
21 3 ⁄8"
24 9 ⁄16"
min.
23"
21 3 ⁄8"
22 1 ⁄2"
2-1/2 Hour Fire-Rated Construction
14 1 ⁄8"
• 5/8" or 3/4" FR-2; 3/4" FR-83; or FR-X1
acoustical ceiling panels
• DXLT, DXLTA, DXLTZ or DXLTZA Susp Exp
Grid System
– light fixture and air duct optional
– 2-1/2" concrete deck on riblath
– steel bar joists, 24" o.c.
• 1/2" levelrock floor underlayment
– 2" deep T&G building units
– W8 x 20 steel beam
– steel bar joists, 4' o.c.
• 5/8" Sheetrock Firecode C Core gypsum panels
• 5/8" or 3/4" FR-83; FR-2 or FR-X1; or 1/2"
or 5/8" FR-4; or 1/2" FC-CB; or Astro-FR
acoustical ceiling panels
• DXL, DXLA, DXLT, DXLTA, DXLTZ, DXLTZA,
DXLZ, DXLZA, SDXL or SDXLA Susp Exp Grid
System
– light fixture and air duct optional
– 3-1/2" concrete deck on riblath
– steel bar joists, 4' o.c.
• 5/8" or 3/4" FR-83; 5/8" or 3/4" FR-2; or 3/4"
FR-X1, Astro-FR or FR-4 acoustical ceiling panels
• DXL, DXLA, DXLZ, DXLZA, SDXL, SDXLA or
ZXLA Susp Exp Grid System
– light fixture and air duct optional
– 3" concrete deck used instead, but fire rating
is limited to 2 hours; 1/2" on riblath
– steel bar joists, 24" o.c.
• 5/8" FR-81; 5/8" or 3/4" FR-83 or FR-2; 3/4"
FR-X1; or 1/2" FC-CB; or 5/8" FR-4; or 3/4"
Astro-FR acoustical ceiling panels
• DXL, DXLZ or SDXL Susp Exp Grid System
– light fixture and air duct optional
– 3-1/2" concrete deck on riblath or steel deck
(increase concrete 1/2")
– steel bar joists, 24" o.c.
– 3.4 lb diamond mesh lath and 3/4" 100:1-100:1
gypsum wood fiber-sand plaster
– 3/4" cold rolled channel furred or suspended
– 2-1/2" concrete on riblath or 28 gauge
corrugated steel deck
– steel bar joists
30 USG Fire-Resistant Assemblies
UL Des G265 B-33
UL Des G516 B-34
UL Des G205 DXLA, DXLZA, or SDXLA Susp Exp
Grid System may be used instead, but fire
rating is limited to 2 hours; DXLT, DXLTA,
DXLTZ or DXLTZA Susp Exp Grid System
may be also used, but fire rating is limited
to 1-1/2 hours; 1/2" FC-CB gypsum
panels may be used as a ceiling panel for
fire ratings of 1 or 1-1/2 hours. When the
FR-2 ceiling panels are used, the fire
rating is limited to 2 hours.
UL Des G211 DXLA, DXLZA, SDXLA, or ZXLA Susp
Exp Grid System may be used instead,
but fire rating is limited to 2 hours; 1/2"
FC-CB gypsum panels may be used as
a ceiling panel for fire rating of 1 hour.
When FR-2 ceiling panels are used, the
fire rating is limited to 2 hours.
UL Des G213 When FR-4, FR-2 or M ceiling panels
are used, the fire rating is limited to
2 hours; 1/2" FC-CB gypsum panels
may be used as a ceiling panel for fire
ratings of 1 or 1-1/2 hours.
UL Report
R5429-1
B-40
B-41
B-42
B-35