No equipment shown on the plans except for in the mechanical room. They are showing these sprinklers throughout the building, including the stairwells. Basically everywhere there is a ceiling.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Depending on the conditions of the project in regards to an underwriter or > other AHJ requirement, contents such as piping, wiring, HVAC equipment, > ducting, etc. could be combustible and drive an underwriter to require above > ceiling protection due to the combustible loading of the contents, not the > construction of the building itself. > > Any fuel fired equipment above the ceiling? Potential junk storage space? > > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection Specialist > Mechanical Department > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > [email protected] > http://www.ch2m.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of George Church > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Under/Over Sprinkler > > Above and below is the usual slang for what I'd think he means. > > And maybe the contract dwgs showed above and below, referred to it as > under/over, and maybe this is a plumber who doesn't know you don't need > uprights in noncombustible spaces, maybe the AE doesn't care, they're on the > docs and its plan/spec, or ??? > > glc > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James > Zimmerman > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Under/Over Sprinkler > > Has anyone seen/used the term under/over sprinkler on a set plans? Someone > in my office has a set of plans where the contractor called out the > sprinklers as under/over sprinklers. At first I thought maybe it was > describing pendant sprinklers below the ceiling and upright above, > protecting a combustible concealed space. However, the construction > noncombustible (concrete floors and gyp ceilings). > The only details on the plans are for a concealed sprinkler on a return > bend and a detail for an upright sprinkler. > I'm sure they will be contacting the contractor about the term but I was > just curious if anyone here had seen the term. > > Thanks, > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > 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]<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]<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]<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)
