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Course Description: AEC Daily: Specifying and Using Fire-Retardant-Treated Wood
For some applications, building codes provide for the use of fire-retardant-treated wood, or FRTW, as an alternative to noncombustible materials. To ensure that fire-retardant-treated wood products are properly specified, it is important to understand how these products are made, the characteristics that distinguish them from seemingly similar products, and the building code references that guide their use in commercial and multifamily construction. This course reviews fire-retardant-treated wood products, including their manufacture, construction applications where they are typically used, applicable sections of the model building codes that govern their use, and factors that must be considered to ensure proper specification and code compliance.
Summarize the manufacturing process of FRTW, including how fire retardants are infused into FRTW products, offering a deep layer of protection.
Explain the mechanics of fire and how FRTW products break the combustion cycle, allowing time for safe egress for building occupants and for emergency services to respond.
Discuss how to identify and correctly specify FRTW products to ensure they meet building code requirements.
Define the common interior and exterior applications and code-mandated testing standards of FRTW products to confirm their fire-prevention properties.
State where FRTW is required in the International Building Code®.