I see lots of people on here and all over the internet with OSB on the walls of their garage. It makes running new circuits a lot easier, and you can hang things securely anywhere along rather than hunting for a stud. I'd like to do it in my garage, but I wonder if either my fire code is different than everyone else or if everyone else is ignoring it.
As far as I understand the local code the drywall on any shared walls with inhabited spaces has to provide a fire barrier. It has a certain amount of time it needs to be able to withstand a fire and as such the drywall in my garage right now is the thicker 5/8" stuff. Is there a fire-rated OSB or something that people are using? I had to cut into my drywall to replace an outlet and now am either going to have to set to patching up the hole or tear down all the drywall and replace it with something else. Kinda fishing for ideas here.
As far as I understand the local code the drywall on any shared walls with inhabited spaces has to provide a fire barrier. It has a certain amount of time it needs to be able to withstand a fire and as such the drywall in my garage right now is the thicker 5/8" stuff. Is there a fire-rated OSB or something that people are using? I had to cut into my drywall to replace an outlet and now am either going to have to set to patching up the hole or tear down all the drywall and replace it with something else. Kinda fishing for ideas here.