I concur with Mr. Williams.

Thank you,
Greg McGahan

Living Water Fire Protection, LLC
1160 McKenzie Road
Cantonment, FL 32533
850-937-1850
Fax: 850-937-1852

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Subject: Re: Extra Hazard Ceiling Pockets

Any fire is going to start on the floor or table, which is within the 
Extra Hazard area. I think you have to do the whole space EH.


At 09:09 AM 4/17/2008, you wrote:
>Forum,
>
>Let me know what you guys think about this situation.
>
>I have a college lab building where the AHJ bumped us up to Extra Hazard
>Occupancy in the Basement due to storage of flamabile liquids.  The labs
>in the basement have a 3 foot deep ceiling pocket above the experiment
>table in the center of the room.  We spaced pendents at extra hazard
>spacing throughout the room at the lower ceiling level.  We then added two
>sidewall sprinklers in the ceiling pocket itself.  The question as arisen
>whether we can use sidewalls because the room is to be designed at extra
>hazard.  My therory was that the floor level is protected to extra hazard
>from the pendents and the sidewalls are only protecting the ceiling pock
>itself and not the room below.  Does anyone agree/disagree with my
>reasoning.
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Todd G. Williams, PE
Fire Protection Design/Consulting
Stonington, Connecticut
www.fpdc.com
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