Mike, So the room is 24-feet wide, but there is a 2-foot gap on one wall, another 2-foot gap in the middle, and another 2-foot gap along the other wall...so 6-feet of total gap and 18-feet of total ceiling? I would require sprinklers above and below...however, the architect is welcome to appeal this to the local AHJ and let him decide. rick matsuda city of dallas
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Hairfield Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:16 AM To: AFSA SprinklerFORUM Subject: Ceiling Clouds Again I should have saved all the info on Ceiling Clouds but to no avail I deleted them. OK here is my situation, the room has a ceiling that the opening between the wall and ceiling is 24" wide. The room is approximately 24' wide by 40' long also in the middle of the room is a 24" wide gap between the ceilings. The ceiling height is 9'-0" A.F.F. and the roof deck is 14'-0" to t.o.s. The Architect can not understand that this room needs sprinkler protection above and below. Now where in NFPA-13 do I find this requirement? Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
