Then I'd say have the GC drywall it and mmake it a concealed Non-combustible space. Or just blow it full of insul.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 3:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ENCLOSED COMBUSTIBLE STAIRS No, it is not a room, it is a combustible concealed space UNDER an area ... On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Thom <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not truly the "Space over the small room" it is the small room. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg > McGahan > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: ENCLOSED COMBUSTIBLE STAIRS > > We were hired to put 2 heads under a new combustible set of stairs that > were > added as an emergency egress in an existing LH building. The GC "forgot" > and > enclosed the stairs - space approximately 3-6 x 18' long - and finished the > space. We still have to relocate a couple of heads in an adjacent area so > we > are not completely free of any obligations there. Note that this space is > under a one floor stair and contains NOTHING, no wires, pipes, ducts, etc > except the framing. > > Question: Is there any chance this would even be in the same ballpark as > the > exception in chapter 8.15.1.2.9 for spaces over isolated small > rooms.....Since a permit was not required on this project, the AHJ does not > know about it and the only question is morally how hard we push this > situation. > > Thanks for your thoughts. > Greg > > -- > Greg McGahan > Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> > 1160 McKenzie Road > Cantonment, FL 32533 > 850-937-1850 > fax 850-937-1852 > _______________________________________________ > 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) > -- Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 fax 850-937-1852 _______________________________________________ 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)
