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Author
Underwriters Laboratories, Incorporated
Title
Report on Acoustical Material and Steel Framing Members in a Floor and Ceiling Construction. Keene Ceiling and Insulating Division of Keene Building Products Corporation, a Subsidiary of Keene Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey.
Coporate
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Northbrook, IL
Report
File R4647-14; File R6286
May 10, 1971
35 p.
Keywords
floors | ceilings | construction | concretes | fire endurance tests
Abstract
The subject of this report is a floor and ceiling assembly consisting of a 2-1/2 in. thick concrete topping on metal lath on open web steel joists, supported by a steel beam, and protected by a membrane ceiling. The ceiling was composed of 3/4 in. thick kerfed edge acoustical tile installed in an accessible concealed grid suspension system with recessed fluorescent light fixtures and an air duct, constructed as shown in Ill. 1.