Fireproof Concrete Walls

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Fireproof concrete walls.

This is especially of interest in areas where brush fires could spread into homes or fires from adjacent structures could jump to the next house. Many wood fired ovens kilns and fireplaces are built with fireproof concrete or other fireproof material known as refractory concrete. It s also important to note that when concrete does burn it doesn t emit toxic fumes produce smoke or drip molten particles. Concrete walls have proven more resistant to fire passing from one side of the wall to the other.

Concrete one of the most common building materials is also an excellent fire resistant material it is noncombustible and has low thermal conductivity meaning that it takes a long time for fire to affect its structural load bearing ability and it protects from the spread of fire. Single layer concrete walls floors and roofs. Fireproof concrete has several applications for homeowner s and industry. While concrete walls can generally withstand up to four hours of extreme fire pressure most wood framed walls would fall in less than an hour source.

Concrete as a material. Concrete is proven to have a high degree of fire resistance and in the majority of applications can be described as virtually fireproof. Commercially fireproof concrete is made by mixing a product known as fly ash a by product of the production of portland cement.