Jerome R

Thank you Branding Iron, George N.M. and all of you, for your wisdom and help. I have a clue now, and will try to make the best decision I can, within a budget. Keep it hot.

When you say "fire blocking" are you saying 2x4 blocking horizontally between the studs?

I'm building out my garage blacksmithing area, walls a standard 2x4 construction. I've looked on the net and found very little info on Fire proofing wooden walls. I asked some friends and was thinking of just using cement board up to 4' on the entire wall. Do any of you have a better method to achieve a safe fire proof wall over wood? Thanks. Jerome.