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 > (850) 937.1850 | Fax (850) 937.1852 | Cell (850) 554.3231 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
