The invention relates to a metallic housing (5) for a
firestop through penetration device (4) The housing (5) is preformed to be installed in a break-through (3) of a firewall (2) to form a side wall of an axial channel and configured to receive penetrants (10); and has one or more of the following constructional features reducing
thermal conduction between its opposite openings (6, 7): - a radial thickness of less than 2 mm; and / or - stainless steel, chrome steel, and / or other steel alloys with chrome,
nickel,
molybdenum,
titanium, and / or
tungsten used as its material(s); and / or - a corrugated longitudinal profile, increasing the length of heat conduction paths connecting the opposite openings (6, 7); and / or - a plurality of slots (17, 17a, 17b) extending at least partly in a circumferential direction and being successively arranged in the axial direction with offsets, increasing the length of heat conduction paths connecting the opposite openings (6, 7).