That is exactly the reasoning behind our adoption of this language. The fire fighters wanted sprinklers to be mandatory but compromised if this was included because of the documented injuries from entering structures built with this engineered lumber.JBI said:Actually, I think these changes are long overdue (not that I think all the options in the ESR are practical...). I have many friends and even more students in the fire service, and I believe these provisions in the Code are more about keeping responders safe in a structure fire than they are about protecting property per se.
While I think that individually wrapped TJI's are impractical, they would certainly keep floors tenable for longer periods of time than 3/8" OSB that is unprotected.