Lots of church questions this week. These panels are fire-retardant as required by the Fire Code. We couldn't have the drop into the crows as that would pose a further hazard for egress. The panels themselves are in 12ft lengths - the exact width hasn't been determined but should be no more than 24" wide. The panels will be screwed into the plywood roof decking at currently unspecified intervals.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FPDC Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 3:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Lapendary Panels Jim, This is somewhat similar to the problem I have described in a church sanctuary. The difference is that my project has the fabric tensioned around a frame. Joe's response is probably on target, except the design that I got from the Engineer on my project is nothing that I would put my stamp on. I'm assuming that these are continuous pieces of fabric, so the idea of a magnetic release hooked up to a detector is out of the question. At 09:22 AM 9/7/2007, you wrote: >I have a church being built with a large auditorium. There will be an open >ceiling exposing the roof structure: metal trusses with a plywood roof >decking. For sound deadening, there are installing "lapendary panels" as >seen here: >http://www.mbiproducts.com/products/photos.aspx?ProductID=4000-1010P The >most appropriate photo is in the second column, 3rd photo down from the top. >The "fabric" panels will run essentially parallel to the roofline - between >the trusses. > >We are looking at the best way to sprinkler the room. Do we install >sprinklers below the panels or above or both? Our concerns are that >sprinklers above will be obstructed by the panels and/or sprinklers below >might not collect enough heat to fuse the sprinklers. Any thoughts? > >Jim Kettler >Fire Marshal >Buckingham, PA _______________________________________________ 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)
