What kind of occupancy? If these banners could come loose and fall would it cause an egress issue for occupants trying to exit the area in an emergency?
Essentially it sounds like these banners are creating a sub-level ceiling below the sprinklers. I believe in one of the previous discussions it was mentioned about these types of items being suspended with some type of fusible link so that they could drop out of the way of the sprinkler discharge in a fire event. Other issue is if they would not drop out of the way would they hold water from a sprinkler to the point where the banner could either dump a large amount of water on person below or fill to the point it could create an issue with the structure's ability to support the weight? What will 18" below the heads accomplish? Suggestion: Put the banners on the wall. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Specialist Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive 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 Ed Kramer Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 12:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: multiple obstructions that total more than 48" I recall this has been discussed, but not recently. Is there guidance anywhere as to how much gap needs to be between obstructions (each individual obstruction being no more than 48" wide) so that sprinklers are not needed beneath them? More specifically, I have a project where the architect would like to install banners beneath the ceiling and does not want sprinklers beneath the banners. I'm fairly confident he's willing to lower the banners so they're at least 18" below the sprink deflectors. He's also willing to make them narrower (48" max wide). But he would like to place them as close together as possible (without needing sprinks below them). Anybody aware of any guidelines for this? Ed Kramer Littleton, CO _______________________________________________ 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)
