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Posted by Bruno on December 24, 2004, 7:16 pm
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Thomas and Betts (and others I suppose) sell material for fireproofing such
holes. It is like oatmeal and can be poured into a homemade mould
(cardboard?). If you're worried about future additions, install some PVC
tubing when you fill the hole. put end caps on the PVC and you'll be ready
for future expansion.
> We have a hole between floors that must be about 3 inch by 16 inch, that
> allows the 100 pair telephone cables to pass between the electrical room
> on one floor to the same room on the floor above and below. This is
> just an open hole, no fire stop or anything. I would like to put
> something in it to stop the air from flowing thru to the next floor, so
> that drywall construction going on on one floor doesn't fill the other
> floors up with dust. I was thinking of getting some rags or plastic and
> stuffing it in there. Is there something that I can use that will work
> that's removable so that next time a cable needs to be run, it won't
> require a hammer and chisel or drill? Thanks.
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> allows the 100 pair telephone cables to pass between the electrical room
> on one floor to the same room on the floor above and below. This is
> just an open hole, no fire stop or anything. I would like to put
> something in it to stop the air from flowing thru to the next floor, so
> that drywall construction going on on one floor doesn't fill the other
> floors up with dust. I was thinking of getting some rags or plastic and
> stuffing it in there. Is there something that I can use that will work
> that's removable so that next time a cable needs to be run, it won't
> require a hammer and chisel or drill? Thanks.
>
>
>
> --
> @@F@r@o@m@@O@r@a@n@g@e@@C@o@u@n@t@y@,@@C@a@l@,@@w@h@e@r@e@@
> ###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:###
> http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/electronics/databank.htm
> My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it
> goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the
> Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 <at> hotmail.com
> Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL
> that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half).
> http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did!
> Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't
> changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
> @@t@h@e@@a@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@m@e@e@t@@t@h@e@@E@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@
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