Fire Trak Benefits

Simple Design

The Fire Trak System consists of the Fire Trak ceiling runner with a shoulder offset the thickness of the wall material.  A second piece of wall material is fitted tight to the roof or floor deck and then attached to the shoulder.  This allows the deck and the Fire Trak ceiling runner to move in relation to the wall studs and allows the piece of wall material attached to the Fire Trak to slide over the primary wall material.

Patented System

U.S. Patent No.s 5,471,805 and 5,755,066 cover the Fire Trak System.  Creating a shoulder on a track to attach an overlapping board for the purpose of joint movement is part of Fire Trak’s patented assembly and its use constitutes patent infringement.

Superior Movement

As Fire Trak does not require fire caulk or fire spray to achieve a fire rating, it has far greater movement capabilities than other systems.  The Fire Trak System achieves a full 100% compression and/or extension and has been tested and listed with U.L. for up to 6" of deflection.  Fire Trak has created a reference table for download that lists the actual movement capabilities of every Dynamic (subject to movement) Head-of-Wall Joint in the 2004 U.L. Directory.

Seismic Requirements

Fire Trak has been cycled at 30 CPM to meet seismic requirements.  Many systems currently in use have not been tested to this requirement.

Smoke Containment

Fire Trak has conducted air leakage tests with U.L. and received an L-rating of less than 1 CFM per lineal foot.

Sound Control

The Fire Trak System has superior sound control characteristics and has applications with sound walls that are subject to deflection, but are not necessarily fire-rated.