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Fire pillows are conveniently durable, easy to install and ideal as a temporary fire stopping system. That being said, it is also a common system that is often non-compliant in many buildings. Some of the defects found include; unsuitable size of fire pillows within penetrations, two different types of manufacturer’s fire pillows used in the same hole, no mastic found when it is required with fire pillows and pillows not put back in place once additional cables have been installed.

 

 

 

 of new cables

 

 was installed. 

 

 could no longer fit. Holes still remain between cables.

 

 fire pillows damaged.

 

 reduced the size of the hole not allowing existing fire
 pillows to be reinstalled.