Hello!
I've been searching thoroughly now for rules on the subject, but haven't found anything recent of value.
I'm in the process of setting up a wall that will divide a future home theater room from a hobby room/workshop, which in turn borders the house's attached garage. The hobby room is about 50 m2 and will contain, for example, a metal lathe, woodworking machines, etc. Welding and other activities I manage in the garage. There is a double door to the garage (which isn't fire-rated), but no gate.
I will call and check with the insurance company, but I have read through what they probably base their requirements on, and boiler rooms and garages should be separate fire compartments. I feel my hobby room is a bit borderline, so I thought I'd discuss it with you all
First question: Do you think it should be its own fire compartment? If so, 30 or 60?
Building a fire compartment in itself isn't much of an issue, but when the wall must contain about 15 boxes for the home theater room, and quite a few for the hobby room too (I don't want surface-mounted, and I want built-in compressed air), the fire compartment becomes like cheese. The insulation will consist of a hardly complete puzzle.
My idea is the following construction (from home theater room):
Gypsum with regular boxes
45/70
2xGypsum (Completely sealed without penetrations/boxes)
45/45 with Rockwool
OSB
Gypsum with fire-rated boxes
Second question: This should correspond to EI60, right?
Victor
I've been searching thoroughly now for rules on the subject, but haven't found anything recent of value.
I'm in the process of setting up a wall that will divide a future home theater room from a hobby room/workshop, which in turn borders the house's attached garage. The hobby room is about 50 m2 and will contain, for example, a metal lathe, woodworking machines, etc. Welding and other activities I manage in the garage. There is a double door to the garage (which isn't fire-rated), but no gate.
I will call and check with the insurance company, but I have read through what they probably base their requirements on, and boiler rooms and garages should be separate fire compartments. I feel my hobby room is a bit borderline, so I thought I'd discuss it with you all
First question: Do you think it should be its own fire compartment? If so, 30 or 60?
Building a fire compartment in itself isn't much of an issue, but when the wall must contain about 15 boxes for the home theater room, and quite a few for the hobby room too (I don't want surface-mounted, and I want built-in compressed air), the fire compartment becomes like cheese. The insulation will consist of a hardly complete puzzle.
My idea is the following construction (from home theater room):
Gypsum with regular boxes
45/70
2xGypsum (Completely sealed without penetrations/boxes)
45/45 with Rockwool
OSB
Gypsum with fire-rated boxes
Second question: This should correspond to EI60, right?
Victor
The following electrical installations do not significantly reduce fire resistance:
http://www.traguiden.se/tgtemplates/popup1spalt.aspx?id=1406
- conduits inside the wall
- single conduits through a wall or floor; more than two conduits require type-approved sealing
- surface-mounted electrical boxes
- electrical panel on the wall.
http://www.traguiden.se/tgtemplates/popup1spalt.aspx?id=1406