THE MASS TIMBER BUILDING MOVEMENT: FIRE AND MOLD DEFENSE
FACTORY-APPLIED OR ON-SITE MOISTURE DEFENSE
MFB-31-CitroTech™ provides Class A fire defense for raw lumber.
It can be sprayed on lumber at the factory or in the field. When it
has been applied to all 6 sides of CLT mass timber components, it
reduces risk of loss and can lower risk premiums. This also
prevents the carbon stored in the wood from being released back
into the atmosphere in the event of fire. In this regard, our goal is
to create a carbon trade for Mass Timber wood that has been fire
defended with CitroTech™.
In addition, MFB-34-MM Gatorskin™, another MFB proprietary
product, provides protection against mold, mildew and rot. This
formulation addresses the fact that Mass Timber buildings are
exposed to rain and/or snow during the construction phase, and
precipitation can cause significant degradation to the structural
integrity of wood. This is very important to a builder/developer,
because they have multi-year trailing liability to a building’s
occupants for mold and other issues, which can arise years after a
certificate of occupancy has been issued. Regarding mold and
related issues:
-Health problems result in a cost of nearly 35 billion dollars a year
-The cost of repairing such problems is about 73 billion dollars a
year