Is a fire-rated wall also soundproof?

It helps a little because it is denser, but rating and acoustic performance are separate specifications. A suite separation usually needs both, built together. If sound is the real goal we would rather design for it explicitly.

My Ormsby Place garage ceiling has board but the joints are open. Is that a problem?

Usually yes. Untaped joints are one of the most common reasons a garage separation is not complete, because the board looks installed. Often the fix is finishing the joints and sealing penetrations rather than replacing the ceiling.

Where is fire-rated drywall required?

The standard Ormsby Place fire-rating locations: garage-to-house walls, basement suites and party walls between units. We confirm what your Ormsby Place project needs.

Do you install fire-rated drywall in Ormsby Place?

Yes — fire-rated drywall in Ormsby Place is part of our regular work, and we are usually booked within the week. We also cover Aldergrove, Belmead, Callingwood North and West Edmonton.

Do you handle the firestopping as well as the board?

We firestop the penetrations that fall within our scope and coordinate the sequence with the other trades so nothing is covered before it is sealed. Where a penetration belongs to another trade, we flag it rather than tape over it.

Fire-Rated Drywall Ormsby Place Edmonton | Type X Board

Rated separations in Ormsby Place that pass inspection the first time

No shortcuts on Ormsby Place fire-rating — separations, suites and party walls need code Type X rated assemblies to clear inspection and keep people safe. In Ormsby Place we install fire-rated drywall to code and finish it clean. Ormsby Place is an established south Edmonton community of 1960s-70s homes where ceiling stipple, settling cracks and dated texture are common, so fire-rated work here is common on garages and suites. We cover Ormsby Place, Aldergrove, Belmead, Callingwood North and West Edmonton, 7 days a week.

Joints taped as part of the rated assembly, not just for looks
Garage ceilings and garage-to-house separations in Ormsby Place
Finished clean and inspection-ready
Garage-to-house firewall separations
Party walls and legal-suite separations
Penetrations firestopped before the finish goes on
Type X board to the assembly on the drawings

Fire-rated drywall in a Ormsby Place garage ceiling

The most common one we do

Where Ormsby Place living space sits over a garage, the ceiling normally needs a rated separation. It is also the assembly most often found incomplete on older homes and DIY conversions — board up, joints untaped, pot lights cut straight through.

What we check before quoting

We look at what is above the ceiling, what is already installed, and whether the existing board is actually rated. Sometimes the honest answer is that the existing ceiling only needs its joints completed and its penetrations sealed rather than replacing.

Ormsby Place drywall in context

About Ormsby Place

Named for the man responsible for developing Edmonton's grid system of numbering streets and avenues, Ormsby Place is located in the City's west end.

What we see in Ormsby Place

In Ormsby Place the drywall work is popcorn and stipple ceiling removal, settling+truss-uplift cracks, nail pops, Poly-B repipe patching repipe patching. We confirm what your home actually needs on site, in writing, before anything starts.

Fire-rated garages, suites and party walls in Ormsby Place

Garage firewalls

The most common fire-rated job in Ormsby Place is the garage-to-house separation — Type X board on the common wall and ceiling. Code-compliant install and finish.

Legal suites and shared walls

Frequent work in Ormsby Place homes and multi-unit buildings. We build the rated separations these require. See our legal suite drywall page.

One-hour and two-hour assemblies

What the number means

A rating is how long a tested assembly resisted fire under laboratory conditions, not a guarantee about your Ormsby Place house. One hour is the common residential separation; two hour appears between units in some buildings.

Why it changes the build

A two-hour assembly is usually two layers of board with offset joints, which changes material, labour and thickness. It is specified on the drawings and it is not something to substitute down.

What happens when an assembly is altered later

Every future trade is a risk

A rated Ormsby Place wall or ceiling stays rated only while nobody cuts an unsealed hole in it. Later work — a fan, a light, a duct, a speaker — can quietly undo it.

What we leave you

We photograph the rated work before covering it, so there is a record of what is behind the finish for whoever works on the house next.

Board thickness and why 5/8 is standard here

Not just thicker

Type X is 5/8 inch because the core needs that mass and the glass-fibre reinforcement to hold together as the gypsum calcines under heat.

The common error

Using 1/2 inch board in a rated Ormsby Place assembly because it is what was on site. It looks identical once finished and it is not the tested assembly. Board arriving on site is checked against the specification rather than assumed.

Inspection, and what we hand over

Sequencing with your inspection

Rated assemblies in Ormsby Place are usually inspected before the finish covers them, so we sequence boarding and firestopping to suit your inspection date rather than working ahead and covering something the inspector needs to see.

If something fails

If an assembly does not pass, we want to hear the inspector reason directly. Most failures are specific and fixable — a screw pattern, an untaped joint, an unsealed penetration — and are corrected faster from the actual note than from a second-hand summary.

How it works

Simple, clean, on schedule — Fire-Rated Drywall in Ormsby Place Edmonton

Free quote

We come out to your Ormsby Place Edmonton property, take a real look at the fire-rated drywall, and hand you a fixed price on the spot — no guessing, no vague ballpark. Every fire-rated drywall quote in Ormsby Place Edmonton starts with an honest, on-site assessment.

Book a day

We pick a day that works for your schedule and show up on time, ready to start the fire-rated drywall in Ormsby Place Edmonton. No back-and-forth rescheduling — once it's booked, our team is there.

The work

We keep the dust under control and protect your Ormsby Place Edmonton home while we finish the fire-rated drywall to a clean, paint-ready standard. Floors covered, doors sealed off, and the site left tidy at the end of every day.

Walk it with you

We don't pack up till you've walked the finished fire-rated drywall with us and you're happy with the result in Ormsby Place Edmonton. If anything needs a second look, we handle it before we call the job done.

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FAQ — Fire-Rated Drywall Ormsby Place Edmonton

Fire-Rated Drywall Ormsby Place Edmonton: your questions answered

Is a fire-rated wall also soundproof?: It helps a little because it is denser, but rating and acoustic performance are separate specifications. A suite separation usually needs both, built together. If sound is the real goal we would rather design for it explicitly.
My Ormsby Place garage ceiling has board but the joints are open. Is that a problem?: Usually yes. Untaped joints are one of the most common reasons a garage separation is not complete, because the board looks installed. Often the fix is finishing the joints and sealing penetrations rather than replacing the ceiling.
Where is fire-rated drywall required?: The standard Ormsby Place fire-rating locations: garage-to-house walls, basement suites and party walls between units. We confirm what your Ormsby Place project needs.
What if someone cuts into it later?: That is the risk — a fan, a light or a duct added later can quietly undo the assembly. We photograph the rated work before covering it so there is a record of what is behind the finish for whoever works on the house next.
Do you install fire-rated drywall in Ormsby Place?: Yes — fire-rated drywall in Ormsby Place is part of our regular work, and we are usually booked within the week. We also cover Aldergrove, Belmead, Callingwood North and West Edmonton.
Do you handle the firestopping as well as the board?: We firestop the penetrations that fall within our scope and coordinate the sequence with the other trades so nothing is covered before it is sealed. Where a penetration belongs to another trade, we flag it rather than tape over it.

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Rated separations in Ormsby Place that pass inspection the first time