Div. B › Part 9 › 9.10 › 9.10.9 — Fire Separations Between Rooms and Spaces Within Buildings

9.10.9.2 — Continuous Barrier

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(1) Except as permitted in Article 9.10.9.3., a wall or floor assembly required to be a fire separation shall be constructed as a continuous barrier against the spread of fire.
(2) The continuity of a fire separation shall be maintained where it abuts another fire separation, a floor, a ceiling, a roof or an exterior wall assembly.
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