Had a jurisdiction in Virginia that made us sprinkler these. Required us to install a dry system in a building used as a daycare center. This is a situation that a meeting with the code official/plan reviewer may be beneficial.
Mike Hill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dewayne Martinez Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 7:00 AM To: SprinklerFORUM Subject: Mansards - NFPA 13 Is there anything in NFPA that allows omission of sprinklers in combustible mansards or similar features built on the outside of a building? I have a project in which these decorative features are being built on the roof to hide mechanicals and at the top floor along the outside wall to give a "castle tower" effect. No mechanicals inside, just dead space separated from the main building by either a wall or a roof. I have told the GC to fill them with non-combustible insulation but there is a cornice that that is 2ftx2ft (actually ½ because it looks like a triangle) that will be framed with 2X6 16in OC that will look like a ledge for the windows. He is asking if it also needs insulation. My gut feeling is no because it is such a small area. Thanks, Dewayne Martinez Design Build Fire Protection 262-781-7900 (w) 262-781-8401 (f) 414-349-0468 (cell) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachment s/20111021/831e38d2/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
