Chris, Aside from the issue of structural integrity (a requirement for a fire wall) take a look at the publication "Guidelines for determining fire resistance ratings of building elements". Part II of that publication provides determination methods for archaic materials.
John Drucker Fire Protection Subcode Official Building Inspector New Jersey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Cahill Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Water supplies When it's not fully involved with fire sure that's adequate. As an existing condition I don't know. It's been that way for 15 years. The FM left it as a separate issue in the analysis for sprinklers in the new addition. The walls are unrated but there are no openings. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Water supplies is 15ft adequate separation to consider them separate buildings? Roland On Mar 21, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Chris Cahill wrote: > > First building is 80,000 sq. ft. metal working facility with a > detached 11,000 sq. ft. cold storage pole barn 15' apart. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
