Originally Posted by
Jerry McCarthy
“it is better to keep ones mouth closed and be thought a fool than open it and remove all doubt.”
You never need to worry about anyone thinking of you as a fool.
What caught my attention and made me do a double take at your post was you posted an IRC reference, then made reference to an older code
, (the old South Florida Building Code also had that as a 'fire rated wall assembly', but, alas, that code is no longer with us either, we are now with the 'separation' in the I codes).