Keep in mind that the term "condo" only refers to a form of ownership and has no reference to a specific construction definition. Sounds like a townhouse to me. Townhouses are single family dwellings separated by party walls, i.e fire walls located on a property line. They are considered separate buildings. Various engineered ASW or area separation wall assemblies typically consist of (2) layers of 1" GWB Core Board interlocked with H Channel and retained by clips to building members on both sides of the wall.
The listing of some systems allows the omission of a 2'-8" parapet where non combustible or fire retardent treated wood is employed 4'-0" to either side of the party wall on the underside or as part of the roof assembly. John Drucker Fire Protection Subcode Official New Jersey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 3 unit 13D? THere are provisions in the building codes whereby you don't have to have a parapet. I haven't looked at the specifics for years but with a 2 hr wall, can't say I'd lose a lot of sleep (as long as they haven't punched holes through them to route cable etc). Roland On Mar 17, 2007, at 8:23 AM, Owen Evans wrote: > Hello, > > How many cities out there allow the 3 unit condo complex to have 13D > system in each unit. Meaning, each unit has its own 1" meter, riser, > and two head calculation? The middle unit has two hour walls from > foundation up through the attic but without the parapet. > Redondo Beach has hundreds of these kind of lots. Since 1991 this > arrangement has been allowed. If other cities have these kind of > buildings but don't allow the 13D how are they protected, 13R? If > Redondo did 13R they would have an FDC every 50' down many streets. > What is reasonable? > > Regards, > Owen Evans > (former plan checker of 7 years, back on the rescue to finish 25 years > (thank God) ) _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
