I have several patient rooms in a nursing home that had a wardrobe unit recessed in the wall and was 7 feet high. A 12" header was placed from the top of the wardrobe unit to the existing 8 foot ceiling for cosmetic reasons creating a concealed noncombustible space above the units. The units were removed leaving behind a 12" deep header from the ceiling. The fire official wants a sprinkler added in the space created by the removal of the units, covering approx. 4 sq ft. The existing sprinklers provide coverage into the newly created alcove from the room. Is there a specific code reference that allows me to consider the sprinklers in the room as providing coverage of this space or should I advise my customer he needs to remove either the 12" headers, close off this space or add the additional heads? Any help is appreciated.
Greg Schulze Project Designer TDK Enterprises Inc. ARK Protective Services - Absolute Security Unlimited 9 Florence Ave. Carneys Point, NJ 08069 Phone 856-299-2900 Fax 856-299-2959 Mobile: 856-889-9498 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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)
