"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:41:38 -0700, "Bob Crantz"
wrote:


The "fire protection" for steel lolly columns is that they are filled
with concrete. Covering them with drywall wouldn't do much, if
anything.


Then drywall doesn't do much fire protection for attached garages either.

Filling with concrete offer no gain in strength other than compression. So
how does one fill an adjustable screw column with concrete? How does
concrete help a buckling mode?



The floor is concrete and three walls are drywall over wood.

A wooden foundation?


I dunno. Sounds like a typical FINISHED BASEMENT to me.

Unless the drywall is screwed directly to the concrete walls. Code requires
the lathing for drywall, it is a given. So is the foundation wood?

And you are wrong about the drywall as fire protection for a steel column.