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What and How To Use 3M Firestop and Fire Barrier Products
We sell many 3M fire stop and fire barrier safety products at
Edmonton Fasteners and Tools.
The question is, which ones do you need and what are they for? Sure,
you could try them all and overload the building with fireproofed walls,
pipes, and ceilings, but why not just fireproof more effectively? Below
we describe the various types of 3M fire safety products as well as
what they're used for.
Definition
Intumescent - swells or expands when heated.
3M Fire Barrier Pill
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2018 Jan 9th
Edmonton Fasteners & Tools' 35th Annual Open House
Happy Tuesday! Last Thursday (Dec 7) we had our 35th Annual House!
Every year we have an Open House event where we invite long-time loyal
and brand new customers to our west location. This year we did it
differently, instead of being exclusively in the evening, we made it a
12-hour, 7am-7pm, event.We had vendors expertly demonstrating and discussing their impressive products, special event-only discounts we offered in partnership with our vendors, over
forty amazing raffle prizes, o
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2017 Dec 12th
Dealing With Ice: Ice Melt vs. Rock Salt?
The Edmonton area has been experiencing a pretty warm winter.
Sure, October was very cold and snowy, but November and December (so
far) has been warm and mainly above freezing temperatures. The issue
this causes is ICE. Everywhere.The snow comes, it melts, it freezes, and now we're slippin' and slidin'
all over parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, and roads. Regardless of
the ice, when enough snow gets packed down, it becomes hard and
slippery, making it hard to shovel as well. A solu
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2017 Dec 5th