I know that and you know that, but I am loading my guns to fight a very difficult GC.I just needed chapter and verse.
Thanks for all of the input, but I still very much feel that this is a grey area that can be argued wither way. Greg On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Thom <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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) > -- Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 fax 850-937-1852 _______________________________________________ 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)
