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Old 02-28-2024, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MrChip72 View Post
My question is why would this be necessary? No one is going to be sleeping or spending much time in the attic as far as I know.
Because fire will spread to the rest of the home rather quickly. The barrier is to allow time for occupants to escape the home and/or fire personnel to arrive and fight the fire.