I don't think so Jimmy. Up 'til now, the consensus status quo has been to fully sprinkler up and down but I think a case can be made for going back 15' from the opening in the same spirit as going in 15' over a suspended ceiling when the space is open to another area ...
SL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy Waite Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 5:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Ceiling "Clouds I know this has been talked about before, but I am having trouble getting onto the archives. I have a situation in an auditorium/lecture hall that has a ceiling that steps down as you get closer to the front of the room. However, there is about a 2'-0 perimeter around the room that is open to the non-combustible space above the ceiling. In this case I'd be willing to sprinkle around the opening (sort of like 8.15.1.5 in the '07), but it seems pointless to provide coverage over this entire lowered ceiling. Is there any code that backs this up? I thought I've heard some, but I don't know where it is. Thanks, Jimmy Waite Design Engineer [email protected] mobile: 919.622.7030 _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
