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Fire Protection of Structural Steel

For architecturally exposed steel there are intumescent paints available. These usually require several coats to obtain the required thickness. The high cost of intu-mescent paints limits their use to projects where it is important to architecturally expose the structural steel. What fi re rating do I need? The Building Code defi nes 5 general

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