If there are no openings then there is nothing to protect. The Shaft is protected from above. Greg
On 7/15/2010 4:31 AM, tom poisal wrote: > I would run it by the AHJ, personally if it's a straight shot down to the > garbage room, I don't see a need for any other sprinkler heads, however > there is a chance that debris could get hung up on the shaft itself > depending on the interior construction, if smooth then no spkrs if sheet > metal protrudes then every other level, and they'd have to fab a cover so > trash doesn't get hung up on the sprinkler head. > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Levis Blanchet<[email protected]>wrote: > > >> >> >> I am looking for your opinion on a garbage chute sprinkler lprotection. We >> have to protect a building 22 stories high. The top floors are condos from >> the 10th to the 22nd floor. The garbage chute is used for these floors only. >> One sprinkler head will be located every two floors inside the service >> opening. The rest of the garbage chute from the 9th floor to the ground >> floor is located inside a fire rated shaft without any access to these >> floors.A sprinkler head is located at the bottom of the garbage at the >> ground floor. My question is the following; Do we need to sprinkler the >> levels below the 9th floor without any access doors. >> >> Lévis Blanchet >> Viking Fire Protection inc. >> 3550 Pitfield, St-Laurent, Qc >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >> >> For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] >> >> To Unsubscribe, send an email >> to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> >> (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >> >> > > > -- _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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)
