it s worth a small amount f time to ensure the AHJ is aware of when protection can be omitted and when the 3,000SF remote area is applicable.
Roland On Jun 1, 2009, at 6:02 AM, Dewayne Martinez 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? _______________________________________________ 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)
