Kyle Ashley
New Member
Hello,
I am remodeling my bathroom and am replacing my old steel tub with a new acrylic jetted tub, 32x60. I'm in a condo, and the old tub was set against a firewall that is common between 2 units in the building.
The old installation on the steel tub was 1 sheet of 5/8 Firecode Drywall from concrete ceiling to concrete slab floor, and a 2nd sheet of 5/8 Firecode drywall that ran from the concrete ceiling and then overlapped the tub's tile flange and ended. The firewall is only along the long side of the tub. The back wall and fixture wall was standard 1/2 inch drywall.
I have heard that the fire code may be different for acrylic tubs than steel tubs. Does that mean I'd need to have 2 full length 5/8 Firecode layers of drywall from ceiling to floor before the tub wall, or can I install the acrylic tub in the same manner as the old steel one?
I'm in Florida if anyone there would know the code better.
Thank you!
I am remodeling my bathroom and am replacing my old steel tub with a new acrylic jetted tub, 32x60. I'm in a condo, and the old tub was set against a firewall that is common between 2 units in the building.
The old installation on the steel tub was 1 sheet of 5/8 Firecode Drywall from concrete ceiling to concrete slab floor, and a 2nd sheet of 5/8 Firecode drywall that ran from the concrete ceiling and then overlapped the tub's tile flange and ended. The firewall is only along the long side of the tub. The back wall and fixture wall was standard 1/2 inch drywall.
I have heard that the fire code may be different for acrylic tubs than steel tubs. Does that mean I'd need to have 2 full length 5/8 Firecode layers of drywall from ceiling to floor before the tub wall, or can I install the acrylic tub in the same manner as the old steel one?
I'm in Florida if anyone there would know the code better.
Thank you!
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