George, The obstruction has to be over 4'-0" wide in both directions. Think about it. What if this light fixture was 8'-0" long by 0'-4" wide, would you put sprinkler protection under that?
Benjamin Young Sprinkler Designer Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. [email protected] On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:12 PM, George Medina Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a situation where I have an open ceiling tiled hallway and there are > 2' x 4' light fixtures. According to NFPA-13 (2007) Sec. 8.6.5.3.3 it seems > I need Coverage under a 4' wide fixed obstruction. My sprinklers are 5' > above the lights. Do they need to have ceiling tiles in place around it or > is there a solution I am missing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > George Medina Jr. > 323-236-1640 > _______________________________________________ > 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)
