Your original post said the largest space was 7'x 8' or 56 SF. You may want to discuss the cost of fire sprinklers vs. the cost of a drop ceiling in these spaces.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: partial walls in mech rooms Well, you have to go 24 feet which ends up being an area of approx, 55' x 54' that you are now required to put heads in. I Although the example in the handbook refers to a warehouse/office space in which the clarification is that protection must extend 24' over the offices and the area of greater hazard is outside the 24' zone, I guess it is similar, but it is a stretch in my opinion. In this case, the greater hazard is surrounded by a lesser hazard on 4 sides, Therefore if 8.15.22.3 applies, we will end up protecting the entire non-combustible interstitial space. Before I argue for this change order I want to make sure this is the intent on the code. Thanks, Greg _______________________________________________ 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)
