Tests / Assemblies

WOOD

UBC 26-2, Thermal Barrier

• 7/16” Oriented Stand Board (OSB) exterior skin, polystyrene foam interior.
• Report: WFC 99070

UBC 26-3 Room Corner Test

• 5/8” CDX plywood
• Report FM 4880

• ½” AC Plywood
• Report FM 4880

UBC 8-2, Room Corner Test – sand burner 50kw/m2 5 min, 160kw/m2 10 min

• 5/8” Douglas fir; test resulted in no flame spread, smoke or room flashover.
• University of California, Forest Products Laboratories @ Berkeley.

• ½” Masonite board siding. 
• University of California, Forest Products Laboratories @ Berkeley.

• Cedar shingles.
• University of California, Forest Products Laboratories @ Berkeley.

• ¼” Mahogany paneling.
• University of California, Forest Products Laboratories @ Berkeley.

• 7/16” Oriented Strand Board siding.
• University of California, Forest Products Laboratories @ Berkeley.

• 7/16” Lap siding.
• University of California, Forest Products Laboratories @ Berkeley.

UBC 7-2, Doors

• 1 3/8” non-rated solid core door, ASTM E-119, 45 minutes at negative pressure.  
• Warnock Hersey Report No.  WHI-495-1569

• 5/16” mahogany plywood panel (5) in solid wood (1 ¾”) rails, 30 minutes at positive pressure. (Singapore)
• SISIR Report No. 96003

FM 4975 Ceiling Test (Hydrocarbon)

• 1x4 Douglas Fir T&G
• Report No. FM 4975-3019443

ASTM E-84, Steiner Tunnel Test

• 1x4” Douglas Fir T&G 
• Report No. Omega 15810-111045

• 7/16” Oriented Strand Board.
• Report No. UL 14654

ASTM E 119, 1 Hr Wall System

• 5/8” fire treated plywood each side of 6” metal studs.
• WFC evaluation letter.  Meyer store # 222 project.

• ¾” T & G wood veneer over 5/8 gypsum, over wall studs.
• WFC evaluation letter.  Nordic Log Homes project.

• (12.5mm) ½” T&G pine weatherboard at both sides of 90mm x 45mm (2”x4”) studs @ 450mm on center (16”o.c.).
• CSIRO, Report No. FSV 0989 (Australia Standard (1530-4). 

• ½” Exterior plywood shear wall over 2x6 studs @ 16” o.c.
• WFC engineering letter. Plywood shear walls project. Seattle, WA.

• 7/16” timberline hardboard siding on stud wall.
• Report: WFC No. 01003

• ½” Oriented Stand Board (OSB) over 3x6 wood studs @ 16”o.c. with one layer,  5/8” type-X sheetrock @ opposite interior wall.
• WFC engineering letter. Student/Housing project

ASTM E 119, 1 Hr Ceiling System

•  Exposed 2x6 T &G Pine with 3” Polyisocyanurate foam, 2x4 sleepers & ½” CDX Plywood sheathing.
• Report: WFC No. 99079 T2.

•  Exposed full dimensional 2x10 joists @ 16”o.c. with 1 3/4” wood sub-floor with 3 ½” fiberglass insulation @ joists.
• WFC engineering letter. Mercy Gardens project.

• Exposed full dimensional 2x10 joists @ 16”o.c. with exposed 1¾” wood sub-floor
•  WFC evaluation letter. Structural engineering calculations: Ron Loar, P.E. 
• Women’s Facility Center project.

• 2x14 joists @ 16”o.c. with 2 layers. ¾” Plywood sub-floor with 3 ½” mineral wood insulation between joists with suspended sheetrock ceiling.
• WFC engineering letter. 37 & 39 South 1st Street project, San Jose, CA.

• 2x4 web trusses @ 24” o.c. with ¾” plywood roof sheathing with 3 ½” polyisocyanurate foam and roof membrane. 
• WFC evaluation letter. Ruby’s Dinner project, Washington, DC.

• Assorted glue lam beams; 2 ¼” mini-lams; 2x10 joists and 5/8” OSB floor sheathing.
• Structural engineering calculations: Ron Loar, P.E.  Avignon Apts project.

•  Roof system, glue lams.
• Structural engineering calculations: Ron Loar, P.E. Abundant Life Church project, Mountain view, CA.

ASTM E 119, 2 Hr Ceiling System

• Exposed 3x10 joists @ 16”o.c. with 4 ¾” wood layered sub-floor.
• Report number WFC 00124 T1

ASTM E-1623, I-Cal

• Medium cedar shakes. WFC 98054
•  5/8” T-111 Douglas fir siding
•  5/8” AC plywood
•  ½” OSB
• 1/4” mahogany paneling

GYPSUM BOARD

UBC 26-3 Room Corner Test

• ½” Type-X Gypsum and ½” AC Plywood
• Report No. WFC 04008

FM 4975 Ceiling Test

• ½” Gypsum board
  • Report No. FM 4975

ASTM E-119, 1 Hr Wall System

• ½” sheetrock 2x4 wood studs @ 16” o.c.
• Report number WFC 00089 T1&T2 

• ½” non-rated sheetrock over 1 ½” metal studs @ 16 oc. non-load bearing. Test performed at CSIRO, Australia
• CSIRO Report No. FSV0989

• 5/8” sheetrock 2x4 wood studs @ 16”o.c. (Gypsum lawsuit).
• Report number WFC 99064 T1.

• 5/8” gypsum board, 20, 40, 60 mils
• Report No. WFC 99055 T1.T2.T3

ASTM E-119, 2 Hr Wall System

• 1 layer 5/8” sheetrock non-load bearing on 2x4 wood studs @16”o.c. 
• WFC evaluation letter.

• 2 layers 5/8” sheetrock, loaded stud wall with 9 built in defects. 
• Report: SIP No. 35.04.439 University of California, Forest Laboratory 

ASTM E-119, 1 Hr Ceiling System

• 5/8” type-X sheetrock, single layer on 2x10 joists @ 16”o.c. with defective nailing, with 5/8” T &G Plywood sub-floor.
• Report: WFC No. 99053 3.T1 

• 5/8” single layer 5/8” type-X sheetrock on 2x10 joists @ 24”o.c. with defective nailing with 5/8” T &G Plywood sub-floor.
• Report: WFC No. 99053 2.T3 

• Single layer 5/8” type-X sheetrock over RC channel @ 24”o.c. with 2x8 joists @ 16”oc. with ¾” T&G Plywood sub-floor.
•  Report: WFC No. 99067 T1.T2.T3.T4

• Single layer 5/8” type-X sheetrock over RC channel @ 24”o.c. with 9 ½”-250 series TJI @ 19.2”oc.
• Report: WHI-495-PSH-0245, Intertek Testing Services.

• Single layer 5/8” type-X sheetrock on BCI 450 series. I joists @ 16”o.c. with defective nailing. 
• Report: WFC No. 00019 T3

 

ASTM E-119, 2 Hr Ceiling System

• Defective U.L assembly BXUV-G524 where ½” type-C was required & ½” non-rated was installed.
• WFC evaluation letter. Sagamore Towers project, Quincy, MA

• Single layer 5/8” type-X sheetrock with nominal 2x10 joists @ 16”o.c. with ¾” plywood sub-floor & ¾” gypcrete. 
• WFC engineering letter. Residence Inn project.

ASTM E-1623, I-Cal

• 5/8” sheetrock
• WFC 98054

BSS-7239-88, Boeing Toxicity Test

• ½’ sheetrock
• Anderson Laboratories Report 497

LATH AND PLASTER

 
ASTM E 119, 1 Hr Wall System

• 1” thick plaster attached to metal wall studs @ 16”o.c.
• WFC engineering analysis; 666 Folsom Street project. San Francisco, CA.


• ½” wood lath & plaster, 2x4 wood studs @ 16”o.c.
•  Report number WFC 01084 (ran to failure; 93 minutes)

 

ASTM E 119, 1 Hr Ceiling System

• 7/8” plaster over metal lath fastened to trusses @ 24”o.c. with R-30 insulation.

• WFC evaluation letter. Woodland Church project.

FOAM/FOAM COMPOSITE PANELS

UBC 26-3, Room Corner Test

• 6” semi-rigid, low density polyurethane foam.
• Report No. RAD-3321 

ASTM E-84, Steiner Tunnel Test

• 1 ½” fiberglass/foam PVC acoustic panels.
• Report: (SW Laboratories) SWRI 01-6739-144a  

• 2” rigid foam Co-Polymer.
• Report No: OMEGA 16941-118444

• 1.5” polyurethane modified polyisocyanurate foam
• Report Number:  Dow 15824-124680 

 

UBC 26-2, Thermal Barrier Test

• 24 gauge steel exterior skin polyurethane foam interior.
• Report No: WFC 99063

• ¼” Gypsum board skin, polyurethane foam 1/16” fiberglass skin.
• Report No: WFC 01084.T3 

• 7/16” Oriented Strand Board (OSB) exterior skin, polystyrene foam interior.
• Report No: WFC 99070

ASTM E-662-97, Smoke Density Test

• ¾” Polyurethane foam filters
• Report: OMEGA 16288-108753

ASTM E-3675-98, Radiant Panel Test

• ¾” Polyurethane foam filters 
• Report: OMEGA 16288-108756

ASTM E-1623, I-Cal Tests

• 2” Polyurethane foam with steel plate
• Report: WFC 98054

ASTM E 119, Polyimide Foam

• Wall panel test on SOLIMIDE TA-340 & HD-31 foam

CELLULOSE TILES

ASTM E-1623, I-Cal

• ½” cellulose ceiling tiles

FM 4975 (Hydrocarbon)

• ½” cellulose ceiling tiles

CONCRETE

ASTM E 84, Steiner Tunnel Test

• ½” Cement board.
• Omega 15810-110128

ASTM E 119, 2 Hr Ceiling System

• 2 ¾” concrete slab-floors.
• Report number WFC 01011

TIN CEILING

ASTM E 119, 1 Hr Ceiling System

• Embossed tin attached to 1”x2” wood @ 4x10 joists @ 12”o.c. with 1½” wood flooring.
• Report: 00050 T1

ASTM E 119, 2 Hr Ceiling System

• Embossed Tin over 3/8” rock board attached to nominal 3x10 joists @ 16”o.c. with ¼” wood sub-floor with suspended T-Bar ceiling.

• WFC engineering letter and Structural engineering calculations: Ron Loar, P.E. Westwood Church project.

METAL

ASTM E 119, 2 Hr Wall System

• 10 gage metal plate
• Report: WFC 99053

FIBERGLASS

ASTM E 84, Steiner Tunnel Test

• 1 ½” Fiberglass/Foam PVC acoustic panels
• Report: (SWRI 01-6739-144a

BSS-7239-88, Boeing Toxicity Test

• ¼” Fiberglass
• Report: OMEGA 15810-103929

ASTM E 1354-94, Cone Calorimeter

• ¼” fiberglass panels
• Report: OMEGA 15810-102686

ASTM E 662-97, Smoke Density Test

• 1/8” fiberglass transit panels

ASTM E 3675-98, Radiant Panel Test

• 1/8” fiberglass transit panels