TRIM-TEX Hotrod XL Supplemental Installation Guide

: June 3, 2024
: TRIM-TEX

Table of Contents

Snipped Outside Corners:
Mitered Inside/Outside Corners:
Mitered Hotrod XL Horizontal to Fire Bead Vertical Joint:
References
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Installation Guide

Snipped Outside Corners:

$TRIM TEX Hotrod XL Supplemental - Snipped Outside$

Step 1:
Snip through the product’s mud leg, mud bump and tear off strip. Do not snip the ﬂexible gasket.
Step 2:
Turn the product over and snip out a 45° triangular section of the return leg, intumescent tape, and foam gasket.
Step 3:
Snip out a 45° triangular section of the product’s return leg on either side of the straight cut on the mud leg.
Step 4:
After completing the required snips, the product should easily bend to form a 90° corner. Ensure no gaps in the intumescent tape.

Snipped Inside Corners:

$TRIM TEX Hotrod XL Supplemental - Inside Corners$ Step 1:
Remove 1″ of the tear off strip, and remove ⅝” of the mud leg on the ﬁrst bead.
Step 2:
Install bead as directed.
Step 3:
Butt second bead into ﬁrst, forming a tightly ﬁtting inside corner.
Note:
This technique works to form an inside corner even if installing Hotrod XL on a rated wall and Flat Deﬂection Bead on a non-rated wall. Please ensure that the Hotrod XL runs the full length of the rated wall.

Mitered Inside/Outside Corners:

$TRIM TEX Hotrod XL Supplemental - Mitered Inside$

Step 1:
Use appropriately sized scrap lumber to ensure the product sits ﬂush to the miter fence and perpendicular to the blade.
Step 2:
Make 45° cuts, ensuring that product is oriented properly.
Step 3:
On install, ensure that there are no gaps where intumescent tape meets.

Mitered Hotrod XL Horizontal to Fire Bead Vertical Joint:

$TRIM TEX Hotrod XL Supplemental - Bead Vertical$

Step 1:
Use appropriately sized scrap lumber to ensure the product sits ﬂush to the miter fence and perpendicular to the blade.
Step 2:
Make 45° cuts, ensuring that product is oriented properly. Snip an additional ⅛” off of the gasket/foam from the Hotrod XL, in order to ensure the corners are ﬂush.
Step 3:
On install, ensure that there are no gaps where intumescent tape meets.

Snipped Hotrod XL Horizontal to Hotrod XL Vertical Joint:

$TRIM TEX Hotrod XL Supplemental - Figure 1$ Step 1:
Size Hotrod XL horizontal leg to run wall’s full length.
Step 2:
Snip off 1-⅞” of the product’s mud leg and mud bump, leaving the ﬂexible gasket, compressible foam and intumescent tape intact.
Step 3:
Remove ½” of the tear off strip.
Step 4:
Butt the vertical Hotrod XL bead into the horizontal Hotrod XL bead as shown, ensuring there are no gaps where the intumescent tape meets.

Snipped Hotrod XL Horizontal to Fire Bead Vertical Joint:

$TRIM TEX Hotrod XL Supplemental - Figure 2$ Step 1:
Size Hotrod XL horizontal leg to run wall’s full length.
Step 2:
Snip off 1-⅝” of the product’s mud leg and mud bump, leaving the bubble gasket, compressible foam and intumescent tape intact.
Step 3:
Remove ½” of the tear off strip.
Step 4:
Butt the vertical Fire Bead into the horizontal Hotrod XL bead as shown, ensuring there are nogaps where the intumescent tape meets.