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COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
Materials that can catch fire and burn are considered combustible. Any material that is made of, or faced with wood, wood pulp,
paper, plastic or any other material that can catch fire and burn is considered combustible. Even though these materials may have
been ‘flame-proofed’, made ‘fire-resistant’ or are ‘fire-rated’ they are considered combustible.
Standard and Type X drywall are
combustible.
NON-COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
A material is non-combustible when it cannot catch fire and burn. For example, materials made of stone, brick, concrete, tile, steel,
plaster or glass are non-combustible.
The table below (Figure
__
) shows a list of materials which are reported by their manufacturers to be non-combustible (in accordance
with the ASTM E136 standard)
AND
approved for use around fireplaces.
Skamol Skamotec® 225 and the Promat PROMAFOUR® system are preferred products for enclosing fireplaces.
Product
Thickness
Skamol Skamotec® 225 Fireplace Building Board
11/2” (38
mm)
Promat PROMAFOUR® System
1/2” (12
mm)
James Hardie Building Products HardieBacker® 500 1/2” Cement Board 1/2” (12
mm)
James Hardie Building Products HardieBacker® 1/4” Cement Board
1/4” (6
mm)
James Hardie Building Products
(888) 542-7343
www.jameshardie.com
Skamol Americas, Inc.
(844) 475-2665
E-mail: [email protected]
www.skamotec225.com
Promat Inc.
(865) 681-0155
E-mail: [email protected]
www.promat.us/en
Figure 30: * The listed brand names are trademarks of their respective companies.
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