On May 3, 1:55*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"Harry K" wrote



If they call the horizontal blocking in the middle of the wall a "fire
stop" they are wrong - fire stops they aren't. *Someone elsepointed
out that fire stops are at the top and bottom of walls (balloon
framing) and also pointed out why horizontal blocking in ther middle
of a wall does no good as a fire stop.

Harry K

Our local building inspector call them fire stops. * YOU tell him to use
another term.

Sounds like he needs to be fired.

Harry K