Todd, With your situation, we have almost always omitted the sprinkler. Most of the AHJ's that we have dealt with are able to reason that the practicality and functionality of this sprinkler are negligible, and therefore allow its omission. When we have been forced into providing a sprinkler, a concealed sprinkler has been installed. With the tracks that I have seen, there is just enough room between the top of door and the top of the track (ceiling) to allow the folding partition to be extended or retracted without the cover plate of the concealed sprinkler to be affected.
Bob Knight -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Williams - work Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 6:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: folding door alcove A question came up on a hotel with a meeting room that could be divided in two by a folding partition. The partition folds into a space roughly the size of a closet. The ceiling of this space is mostly track that partition runs on. Does this space need to be sprinklered? If so, does anyone have any good ideas how to do it? Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut 860-535-2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.7/816 - Release Date: 5/23/2007 3:59 PM _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
