[RE-wrenches] Fire Rating for Battery Room

[Nicholas Ponzio]

For those of you installing batteries inside homes how are you treating
this poorly-worded section of Code?

*NFPA 855 - 15.4.2:*
*If the room or space where the ESS is to be installed is not finished or
non-combustible, the walls and ceilings of the room or space shall be
protected with not less than 5/8 in. Type X gypsum board.*

This section of fire code has given us much consternation over the years.
Most installations in this climate are going into unfinished basements. Are
you all installing 5/8 sheetrock for the entire basement? Just the area
around the batteries? Something else?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts.


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Nicholas Ponzio
Building Energy
1570 South Brownell Road
Williston, VT 05495
http://www.BuildingEnergyVT.com <http://www.buildingenergyvt.com/>

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