That's not my option guys. We were hired to do two things, relocate heads for the new wall and add two heads in a concealed space. The g.c. knowingly blocked it in and sealed it off with no intentions for further actions on his or our part.
The only thing I can do is rationalize reasonably if possible why it is ok as is or call the fire marshall as a whistle blower. That is an easy decision if you are not worried about losing the inspection contract or being black listed by the general. So am I grasping for a legal straw? Absolutely. If those on the 13 commitee and the majority of the rest believe it is too much of a stretch, then I will play whistle blower.......we do NOT want to leave it unjustifyably wrong. Greg On Apr 9, 2011 10:28 AM, "Thom" <[email protected]> wrote: > Then I'd say have the GC drywall it and mmake it a concealed Non-combustible > space. Or just blow it full of insul. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 3:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ENCLOSED COMBUSTIBLE STAIRS > > No, it is not a room, it is a combustible concealed space UNDER an area ... > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Thom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's not truly the "Space over the small room" it is the small room. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg >> McGahan >> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:44 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: ENCLOSED COMBUSTIBLE STAIRS >> >> We were hired to put 2 heads under a new combustible set of stairs that >> were >> added as an emergency egress in an existing LH building. The GC "forgot" >> and >> enclosed the stairs - space approximately 3-6 x 18' long - and finished > the >> space. We still have to relocate a couple of heads in an adjacent area so >> we >> are not completely free of any obligations there. Note that this space is >> under a one floor stair and contains NOTHING, no wires, pipes, ducts, etc >> except the framing. >> >> Question: Is there any chance this would even be in the same ballpark as >> the >> exception in chapter 8.15.1.2.9 for spaces over isolated small >> rooms.....Since a permit was not required on this project, the AHJ does > not >> know about it and the only question is morally how hard we push this >> situation. >> >> Thanks for your thoughts. >> Greg >> >> -- >> Greg McGahan >> Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> >> 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) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > 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)
