Firestop

A firestop is a passive fire protection system designed to prevent or slow the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases through opening or gaps in a building’s walls, floors, and ceilings. It typically consists of fire-resistant materials such as fire-rated walls, fireproof sealants, and fire-resistant barriers that are installed at connections in pipes, cables, or ducts.

In the event of a fire, firestops afford occupants more time to evacuate safely, while minimizing damage to a building’s structure. The main purpose of a fire stop is to contain a building, holding the fire within a specific area.

A cover guard is a flame-retardant covering used to seal openings on surfaces. For example, Rectorseal’s Metacaulk cover guard seal penetrations or openings in fire rated walls, floors, or ceilings. They specifically design the products to prevent the passage of smoke, heat, flames and gases during a fire emergency. Our selection includes two types of cost-effective guards that meet industry standards for safe retrofit applications.

The single toggle is a 1-piece fire-rated gasket for meeting the “24-in rule” in Rectorseal’s Metacaulk cover guard standards. The 24 inch-rule in firestop installations means that all firestop devices or seals should be installed no more than 24 inches apart along a cable or pipe penetration through a fire rated wall or ceiling.

Our selection of cover guards have special properties that makes them an exceptional choice for your electrical box gaskets needs. The double toggle is also a fire rated gasket that is mounted inside a cover plate, covering openings providing necessary protection. When exposed to heat, intumescent material expands forms.

Rectorseal’s Metacaulk acoustic foam, a compressible sound protection foam offers multiple advantages for building applications that assemble in wall to wall and bottom of wall joint applications both dynamic and static. The acoustic foam can be designed for installation using joints and 100 percent extension capabilities with up to 75 percent compression.

A joint strip refers to a material or component used to seal joints, gaps, or aid in preventing the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases. The joint strip typically consists of fire-resistant materials, such as fire-related sealants, intumescent materials, or firestop pillows. They are designed to expand or swell when exposed to heat to create a barrier that restricts the passage of fire and smoke in the event of a fire.

Currently, we offer Rectorseal’s Metacaulk’s putty which is a moldable non-curing 1-component fire-rated material for thorough penetration firestop systems. Metacaulk Putty seals around cables, electrical conduits, and metal pipes through fire-rated walls, floors, and blank openings to prevent passage of smoke, flame, and toxic gases. Putty comes with several advantages that may help to maximize its efficiency.

The sticks can be assembled by hand and are easy to install and do not require any additional material needed to plug in the end of electrical metallic tube or conduit as its connection to the box. The sticks are known to prevent known for helping to prevent the spread of flames, smokes, gas, and water through penetrations.

RectorSeal’s 6-in Metacaulk firestop cast in place device is an integral intumescent firestop system that is designed to eliminate the drilling of concrete by installing it within the structure of a building.

The device can be placed within a building’s walls and floors where pipes, cables, or ducts pass through to prevent the spread of fire, smoke, flames, or gases through openings. All-in-all, the cast-in-place firestop device plays a crucial role in reducing labor time, while enhancing the fire safety of a building in the early stages of construction.

Generally, the RectorSeal’s Metacaulk wrap strip is a versatile intumescent firestop material mainly for plastic and insulated pipe applications. The material comes with several advantages making it a safe and cost-effective flexible solution for preventing flames, smoke, and gases from spreading. Some of these advantages include a longer length resulting in less waste, excellent freeze and thaw characteristics, and its ability to fit systems up to 14-in PVC.

The sleeve is a firestop seal for meant for plastic pipes and hard non-metal conduit installations. Our selection of RectorSeal’s Metacaulk intumescent sleeves are specifically designed to fit 2, 3, and 4-inch pipes. These sleeves are easy to install device and eliminate the need for collar or wrap strips altogether. As no measurement is required, the sleeve can also be installed around pipes as well.

A firestop collar, also known as pipe collar, protects plastic pipe openings in walls or floors to prevent fire damage. The RectorSeal 6-in diameter Metacaulk firestop collar is an open and closed highly intumescent no measure product. Typically, the collar may be used on up to 3-hours on concrete floors or walls, up to 2-hours on gypsum walls, and up to 2-hours on wood floors. The collars are easily attachable and cut installation time by 25 percent.

As recommended by professionals, these products are not to be used in outdoor environments with ling term exposure to rainfall and or saltwater spray.

Fiberglass cord is a multi-purpose cord used in fire stops to tie down and secure Arc Sleeves in place. It prevents both the vertical and horizontal spread of fire. RectorSeal’s Fiberglass Tying Cord provides 350-ft of length and works great with typical cable jacketing materials, such as PVC, PUR, PE and TPE.

A backer rod is a flexible foam or cord-like material that is commonly used to provide support while creating a sealant joint with a specific shape and depth. RectorSeal’s Metacaulk 75-ft in diameter helps to provide easy to use, economical backing for elastomeric and other applied caulking sealants. The rods come with several advantages like their ability to resist oil, gasoline, and moist solvents, and stay odorless while not staining. Controls the depth of applied sealants and ensures cross sectional hourglass configuration.