20/08/2026
Easily, the most challenging part of developing secondary suites is smoke sealing the furnace room. In some cases we drywall and tape before second furnace is installed but that’s not always possible. My solution is to frame the ceiling down to get below the majority of the pipes, vents and gas lines. Don’t get me wrong, there is still a great deal of taping and mudding in tight areas along with fire resistant caulking any small openings. It’s not fun and it’s very time consuming but 100% necessary and it’s code!
In addition, solid core doors with a sweep and self closing hinges.