take a quick look at the definitions in the building code. Firewalls are typically a larger rating and must allow collapse on one side without pulling both sides down. Fire Partitions are used to separate occupancies, fire areas, etc. Sounds like that's what you have and they sometimes terminate at the drop ceiling.
Roland On Oct 23, 2009, at 9:38 AM, Ralphy Henderson wrote: > Okay, stupid question but: > > Are all firewalls sheathed to the roof deck? > > I have a set of plans that's calling out 1 hr firewalls but sections > don't show them going all the way up to the roof deck. Thought I > would ask here before calling the architect to see if there is a > general rule of thumb. > > Thanks, > > R > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.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 [email protected] http://fireball.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)
