If the tube is not suspended and open on the sides I do not think it will 
qualify as a canopy or porte-cochere.If the floor is flat and hard  storage 
could be problem, even if you asked the local AHJ and get approval a change in 
reviewer can stop your project. Gerald Schulhoff SET
Firewater Design(804) [email protected]> From: 
[email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Entrance/Exit Canopy?!
> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:29:32 -0500
> 
> I should have mentioned this facility is Production/Manufacturing with an
> office.
> 
> Thank you, Tom.
> 
> Bobby Gillett
> Sr. Project Manager
> Key Fire Protection, Inc.
> (731) 424-0130 office  (731) 424-9285 fax 
> (731) 267-4853 cell
> www.keyfireprotection.com
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 3:17 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Entrance/Exit Canopy?!
> 
> I have a project I am bidding on that has an alternate for an entrance
> "tube"; this is a non-combustible steel "tube" 30'-0 long and 16'-0 wide.
> The beams are circular and are spaced horizontal to the building entrance
> door/wall and the skin of the "tube" is perforated aluminum (perforation
> size is unknown). Can I apply NFPA 13 2007 8.15.7.2 to this scenario? 
> 
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> 
> Thank you,
> 
>  
> 
> Bobby Gillett
> 
> Sr. Project Manager
> 
> Key Fire Protection, Inc.
> 
> (731) 424-0130 office  (731) 424-9285 fax 
> 
> (731) 267-4853 cell
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>  <http://www.keyfireprotection.com> www.keyfireprotection.com
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