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Old 12-26-2009, 09:59 AM
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Default Do they use fire code board in garage?

A few years ago I spilled 2 gallons of gasoline while working on my truck in my garage. It caught fire. Burned my truck and motorcycle. Took fire dept about 9 minutes to respond. Alot of gas to fuel the fire. Had sheet metal over the pull down stairs and a solid steel door to the house. Garage sustain heavy damage to contents, But did not burn thru the "firecoded" board. Wall studs and roof rafters not damaged. Inside house had smoke damaged from opening the house door after the fire. Building codes & building inspectors in Delaware saved our home!