There was a mid-rise apartment project 3 blocks east of NFPA headquarters in Quincy that had exterior mechanical rooms with doors off the balconies and they had a mechanical room fire about 5 years ago. It was bad, engulfed three levels and spread across the balconies. Code at the time didn't require them but I was told afterwards they were installed. If they're not required maybe you might want to offer it as an option. Just a thought.
Tom Duross FGOL 6.9.7 Sprinklers shall not be required in closets on exterior balconies, regardless of size, as long as there are no doors or unprotected penetrations from the closet directly into the dwelling unit. Thom McMahon, SET I don't have the 13R 2007. I have the 07 handbook, which doesn't include 13D & 13R unlike previous editions. Does 13R 2007, say anything different? 2007 is not the governing code, but I'd certainly like to know the intent. Tony _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
