01-12-2008, 12:31 PM
Interesting question. I own Castleblock and I have a Castleblock house. It's structure is 4-hr fire rated at 2,000 degrees. It is quite capable of withstanding a lot but I don't project my house would be more capable than Pele in the long run. Enough thousands of degress for enough hours and I think I'd be collecting on my policy.
Meanwhile every town and district in America has a fire department. They don't have tornado, earthquake, hurricane and termite departments - they have fire departments. The one most consistant threat to life and property is fire. In that vein having a 4 hour fire rated structure, I think, serves me well. Very rare for a house fire to exceed 4 hours at 2,000 degrees - and have the structure survive..
Meanwhile every town and district in America has a fire department. They don't have tornado, earthquake, hurricane and termite departments - they have fire departments. The one most consistant threat to life and property is fire. In that vein having a 4 hour fire rated structure, I think, serves me well. Very rare for a house fire to exceed 4 hours at 2,000 degrees - and have the structure survive..
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