Fire Rated Drywall Type X

Finally the gypsum and fiberglass are packed tighter and denser than with regular drywall.

Fire rated drywall type x.

Type x drywall this is the so called fire resistant drywall. View top sellers in. Drywall type x and type c are the industry standards for this type of construction and are used on all exterior facing and joining walls. Quot type x drywall has special core additives that allow it to be used in fire rated designs and usually comes in 5 8 rdquo.

Several thicknesses can be used in layers to achieve a higher fire rating. In residential homes installation of fire rated drywall is often required by state province and local building codes on interior and exterior walls near furnaces and utility rooms. It is harder to cut and work than regular drywall and normally is used in garages rooms and apartment buildings as it is required by several building codes. Type x drywall is 5 8 inches thick.

It contains gypsum with noncombustible glass fibers which increase the fire rating 1 hour minimum. Certainteed type x fire resistant drywall is an interior gypsum board consisting of a solid set fire resistive type x gypsum core enclosed in ivory colored face paper and a strong liner back paper. Q a sheetrock brand firecode x panels ul type scx are 5 8 in. Even if 5 8 type x wallboard is referred to using terms like one hour board or has a one hour fire rating this does not mean that either a particular assembly system incorporating 5 8 type x wallboard or any given piece of 5 8 type x wallboard will necessarily last for an hour in a new laboratory fire test or provide one hour fire protection in an actual fire.

Interior walls are traditionally non fire rated drywall. Fire rated type x shaftliner is 1 25 4 mm thick and used in special shaftwall and area separation firewall assemblies. Certainteed type x board features a specially formulated core providing fire resistance ratings when used in tested assemblies. Usg sheetrock brand 5 8 in.

Type x drywall is 5 8 inches thick and the first fire code product. Price high to low. In addition to the usual gypsum found in regular drywall fire rated drywall contains glass fibers to form a super tough core. Type x drywall products will have a ul ulc marking printed on the back of each board identifying it as a fire resistance rated board quot.