At the Jimi Hendrix Museum (AKA Experience Music Project) they have a similar set-up with a gossamer fabric the blows in a breeze and simulates the sea. They DO NOT use the sprinklers for supporting this fabric but rather have it in sections, with each section anchored between sprinklers and the corners held up by mag releases. When the fire alarm operates the mag catches release and the weights on the fabric pull it down so that each section effectively becomes a thin column at the nexus of coverage for four sprinklers. Hard to explain in a paragraph. Particularly when you're used to talking in discussion and with a whiteboard to draw on.
On 6/25/07, Todd Williams - work <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
They are starting early this week........ An Architect wants to support a fabric ceiling from the cup of concealed sprinklers. Section 9.1.1.7 of The Book warns against this, but their argument is that it only mentions piping and hangers and not sprinklers. They are about to take this to the local AHJ. I would think that most AHJs would send them packing, but I don't know this guy and this is for a chapel at a well-known regional Catholic university, which could have some influence. Anybody run into this before? Any ideas besides this section for my defence? Any ideas on protecting spaces with tensioned fabric ceilings? Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut 860-535-2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
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