Fire Resistance

Every year hundreds of homes are lost, and thousands more are threatened by the roaring wildfires that rip through the Pacific Northwest and other parts of the world. However, hundreds of tests, studies, and real-life scenarios have proven the benefits of AAC as a fire-resistant material. With AAC being non-combustible and inorganic, it is one of the highest hourly fire-resistant materials per inch of building material in today's market, with a melting point of +2900 degrees F.   

Walls constructed of AAC maintain their structural integrity, providing occupants with a way to escape and reducing the danger of collapsing for firefighters. As AAC is a monolithic (one complete) structure, any organic materials may burn, leaving the AAC fully intact. In a fire, AAC inhibits flames from spreading within buildings and between individual systems. With this, AAC is ideal for fire-related applications, such as firewalls, elevator shafts, column wraps, and subdivisions with nearby homes.