That is a question worth asking. NFPA 13 tend to lump "retail" into a
single category (with the exception of warehouse-type stores, etc).
There is wide variety of combustible loadings and concentrations
within retail. I would think that office showrooms as you describe or
jewelry stores would have different fire characteristics that a
department or hardware store, but they usually all fall under under
the retail moniker.
The other thing I have wondered about... The 0.10/1500 requirements
for Office (LH) came about when most offices were metal desks, metal
chairs and metal file cabinets. Now there is a lot more plastic in
the office environment. Would that change things?
At 12:11 PM 1/15/2007, you wrote:
This is one is a little more defined than some others:
It is NOT a tenant space; it is a stand alone building being built by a
reputable company that has been in business for many years.
The building has a separate 20,000 sqft storage warehouse in the same
building but is in a completely separate area from the showroom which will
be addressed accordingly.
This will strictly be an entry area of the business with a SHOWROOM meaning
the office products will be placed in situations like a real operating
office minus all of the computers and people.
The products in this room will be no higher than normal bookshelves in your
own office.
The following description is why I question it Occupancy type. If this were
the office portion of the building then it would clearly be Light Hazard.
Since the furniture is on DISPLAY and not being USED as an office then this
should be Ordinary Hazard? This I do not understand.
BTW, I had already laid it out and bid it for Ord Hazard Group II but wanted
more input.
Greg
Living Water Fire Protection, LLC
1160 McKenzie Road
Cantonment, FL 32533
850-937-1850
Fax: 850-937-1852
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Mercantile tends to start at OH2 and then go UP in classification, rarely
down. Maybe if they were selling angle iron out of a 10' high building,
you'd have a chance for OH1. Bigbox retail, hey-class 4 25' high racks.
But furniture and plastic- only in my area could you get an AHJ to sign off
on LH.
George Church
Rowe Sprinkler
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Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:03 PM
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Subject: Re: Office furniture showroom
My guess would be retail, due mostly to the concentration. Watch out
for rack storage. I asked a similar regarding a jewelry store a few
months back and got my you-know-what nailed to a tree.
At 05:59 PM 1/11/2007, you wrote:
>Is an Office Furniture Showroom "mercantile" or would it be considered more
>of an Office Space and be Light Hazard?
>
>Thanks,
>Greg McGahan
>
>
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