If the heat pump is only accessible  through a removable panel (not a door),
then this is NOT a room but a piece of mechanical equipment and does not
require protection.I would check with the AHJ to confirm.

 Lamar Vaughn 
---- Greg McGahan <[email protected]> wrote: 
> OK gang I need some advice hopefully based on experience.
> 
> We are doing an independent hotel  that is being constructed more like a 
> typical condominium. In the far end of each unit (room), there is a small 
> enclosed closet without a door, but with a removable cover that houses a 
> Water Source Heat Pump. 
> 
> I have assumed sprinkler will be required up to this point but I am open to 
> comments on that. There is NO WAY to get concealed piping to the closet at 
> this time. The Building is 9 Stories tall with separate FCV's on each floor 
> etc.
> 
> My Question is can I feed these closets like a shaft from the 1st floor 
> system all of the way up in order to avoid a lot of grief and trouble to get 
> the owner to add soffits in every Unit?
> 
> All comments welcome except those that point out something painfully obvious 
> I may be missing.
> 
> Greg McGahan
> Operations Manager
> 
> Living Water Fire Protection
> 1160 McKenzie Road
> P.O. Box 877
> Cantonment, Florida 32533
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