What building code are you using ?.  

Generally speaking fire separation distance may play a role in whether this
is truly a detached structure or merely part of the main building despite
the 7 foot separation.

Obviously fire exposure is the issue.

John Drucker
Fire Protection Subcode Official
New Jersey



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Subject: free standing canopy

This may have been addressed before, but I'm not sure. I am working 
on a hotel where there is a low canopy that protrudes 10 feet from 
the building. Then there is a larger, free-standing canopy that is 7 
feet from the building and several feet higher that the attached one. 
All construction is combustible. Protection will be installed below 
the low canopy, but would protection be required for the larger, 
free-standing one? Would exposure protection be required along the 
wall adjacent to the canopy? The hotel is sprinklered per NFPA 13R.

Todd G. Williams, PE
Fire Protection Design/Consulting
Stonington, Connecticut
www.fpdc.com
860.535.2080  
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