Pyro-Guard Fire Retardant Lumber
Pyro-Guard Lumber and Plywood are the industry's leading pressure-impregnated, fire-redardant treated wood products (FRTW), and are designed for a wide variety of enclosed structural applications and many other interior applications. Proven safe, strong, effective and economical in thousands of projects and numerous industry tests over the last several decades, Pyro-Guard is produced by an American-owned company.
PYRO-GUARD Advantages
- Pyro-Guard trusses and roof decks often qualify a masonry-wall building as "non-combustible" for insurance purposes, resulting in lower lifetime insurance premiums.
- Can often be substituted for non-combustible materials without affecting building classification.
- Often allows for an increase in square footage (and lower insurance rates) over untreated load bearing walls.
- Using Pyro-Guard FRTW roof decking is usually accepted in lieu of unsightly parapet walls in multi-family dwellings.
- Even when sprinklers are mandatory, Pyro-Guard can further reduce fire insurance rates.
- Commonly accepted by building codes for partition walls, storefronts, fixtures and roof construction in shopping centers.
- Each piece bears the UL classification mark, and is kiln dried and third party verified for quality by Timber Products Inspection, Inc.
- Qualifies as low hygroscopic and non-corrosive, and can be painted or stained.