A humid continental climate is marked by variable weather patterns and a large seasonal temperature variance. Places with more than three months of average daily temperatures above 10 Â°C (50 Â°F) and a coldest month temperature below â3 Â°C (27 Â°F) and which do not meet the criteria for an arid or semiarid climate, are classified as continental.
Fire Rated Wood Blocking. When building, it is very important to make the necessary upgrade to fire retardant products and purchase fire rated wood blocking.t would be absolutely devastating to spend so much time and money on a building only for it to unfortunately catch on fire and burn down because it was not made with fire retardant wood. Here at Chicago Flameproof, we always have a full line of fire rated wood blocking in stock!
Engineers try to avoid having these services pass through fire and smoke barriers, but it is usually impossible. When a service must pass through a rated wall, penetration firestop systems are used to ensure the wall rating is maintined. There are two types of penetration firestopping: