IBC Design 721.1(2) 12-1.2

2-Hour Fire Rated Wood studs—interior partition with plaster each side — 2" x 4" wood studs 16" on center with metal lath and 7/8" neat…

IBC Table 721.1(2), Item 12-1.2 (l) (Wood studs—interior partition with plaster each side): 2" x 4" wood studs 16" on center with metal lath and 7/8" neat wood-fibered gypsum plaster each side. Lath attached by 6d common nails, 7" on center. Nails driven 1-1/4" and bent over. Minimum finished thickness (face-to-face) — 2-hr: 5-1/2 (d)". Prescriptive assembly from the adopted building code — thicknesses are code minimums, see table footnotes for conditions.

2" x 4" wood studs 16" on center with metal lath and 7/8" neat wood-fibered gypsum plaster each side. Lath attached by 6d common nails, 7" on center. Nails driven 1-1/4" and bent over.

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