I think you're confusing the exception in NFPA 13D with accessible equipment platforms in NFPA 13, which doesn't include such an exception. From the thumbnail description that you provided, I would presume to install fire sprinkler protection above that equipment platform and along any means of access that people would use to get to it.
Steve Leyton (Sent from my phone; please excuse typos and voice text corruptions.) -------- Original message -------- From: "Trillium Fire Sprinkler Design Inc. via Sprinklerforum" <[email protected]> Date: 8/3/20 5:41 PM (GMT-08:00) To: [email protected] Cc: "Trillium Fire Sprinkler Design Inc." <[email protected]> Subject: sprinklers above mechanical platforms Can someone please direct me? I have a metal building with acoustical ceiling tiles. Above the ceiling they have framed with metal studs and fire rated plywood a mezzanine for the AHU's to sit on. These are electric and not gas fired. For some reason I recall reading that if the AHU's are not gas fired then no sprinkler protection is required above the area of the mezzanine. Can someone please clarify? Regards Troy _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
