Yes, I was just trying to find a way to not mess up their finished walls. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Young Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Combustible concealed space under stairs
Are the stairs combustible construction? If they are, sprinkler protection is required regardless. See NFPA 13, 2007 Edition, 8.15.3.1 Benjamin Young On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]>wrote: > I've run into this often. Two alternatives to the problem are to > either fill the space with non-combustible isolation of seal the > combustible material with a noncombustible surface. If done correctly > it's no worse (fire wise) than continuing sheetrock on woods studs and > encapsulating them where they penetrate a drop ceiling into an > otherwise non-combustible space. At worst you seal up a pesky worker > (preferably a taper) under the stairs. And you won't need a cask of > Amontillado to lure him in. A Bud Light will probably suffice. > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Dewayne Martinez <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have a retro-fit of a building where the stairs for the basement > > to the first floor contain a combustible concealed space under the > > stairs with no access. > > Does anybody know of a rule to omit placing a sprinkler in here? I > > don't see anything that fits from the "concealed spaces not > > requiring sprinkler protection" section. > > > > Thanks, > > Dewayne Martinez > > Design Build Fire Protection > > New Berlin, WI > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) > > > > > > -- > Ron Greenman > Instructor > Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College > 1101 So. Yakima Ave. > Tacoma, WA 98405 > > [email protected] > > http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ > > 253.680.7346 > 253.576.9700 (cell) > > Member: > ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC > > They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis > Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) > _______________________________________________ > 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
