Sentence 9.23.3.5.(6)

  1. OS2
  2. OP2
  3. OH1
  4. OH4
  5. OS1
  6. OS3

Objective

OS1 Fire Safety

Attribution

[F20,F22-OS1.2]Applies to assemblies required to provide fire resistance.

Intent

Intent 1:

To limit the probability of an inadequate nail diameter or head size, which could lead to inadequate capacity, rigidity or pull-through resistance, which could lead to an inability to resist expected lateral, gravity or wind-uplift loads.

Where assemblies are required to provide fire resistance, this is to limit the probability of compromised fire resistance of the assembly, which could lead to harm to persons.

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