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Show Fire-Stopping of Walls and Partitions Essential One of the most useful safeguards against lire hazards in dwelling construct con-struct ion Is tlie fire-stopping of walls, partitions and floors. Kire tends to spread upward. Hollow walls and partitions, par-titions, hollow siuces hack of furring on masonry walls, and even hollow floors offer inviting runways for the rapid communication of lire from cellar cel-lar to attic and from side to side. The remedy lies In adequate fire-stopping which will make an all-lumber residence resi-dence considerably safer against the spread of (ire than masonry wall and lumber Moor consl ruction without fire stops. |