Good call
At 09:02 AM 6/1/2009, you wrote: >1hr ceiling attached to the bottom of the truss and a 1hr floor on top. >Truss are normally 16 or 24in OC. >No flame retardant material in the truss construction. So far, we have >lost jobs in 2 municipalities where the >AHJ has accepted this. I have been telling my salesmen that is is not >worth the liability to omit these sprinklers >and to keep them in our bid. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd >Williams >Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:30 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Combustible rated floors > >Is there a 1 hour rated ceiling below the truss and a 1 hour rated floor >above the truss? What is the truss spacing? Are they made with fire >retardant lumber? If it doesn't meet any on the exceptions in 8.14, then >it should be sprinklered. Are the AHJs accepting this? > > > >At 07:56 AM 6/1/2009, you wrote: > >We have a growing trend up here in which contractors are not installing > > >sprinklers in combustible floor spaces (open wood truss) simply because > > >there is a 1hr rated floor and ceiling assembly which sandwiches the > >combustible space. We have been including sprinklers for these areas > >in our bids but have been loosing work because of this. Am I missing > >something and can sprinklers be omitted? > >Thanks, > >Dewayne Martinez > >Design Build Fire Protection > >New Berlin, WI > >_______________________________________________ > >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) > >Todd G. Williams, PE >Fire Protection Design/Consulting >Stonington, Connecticut >www.fpdc.com >860.535.2080 >_______________________________________________ >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) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut www.fpdc.com 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ 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)
