2009 IBC SECTION 706 FIRE WALLS 706.1 General. Each portion of a building separated by one or more fire walls that comply with the provisions of this section shall be considered a separate building.
TABLE 706.4 FIRE WALL FIRE-RESISTANCE RATINGS GROUP FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING (hours) A, B, E, H-4, I, R-1, R-2, U - 3a F-1, H-3b, H-5, M, S-1 - 3 H-1, H-2 - 4b F-2, S-2, R-3, R-4 - 2 Hope that helps John Drucker, CET Fire Protection Subcode Official Fire/Building/Electrical Inspector Fire Marshals Office Borough of Red Bank, NJ Not the official position of any agency, association, committee or otherwise. Obtain required applications, permits, inspections and approvals from Authority(s) Having Jurisdiction. -----Original Message----- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Dewayne Martinez Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 8:20 AM To: SprinklerFORUM Subject: IBC - building separations Where is the spot in the IBC that defines what rating a wall must be to divide a larger building into two smaller, separate ones? I remember talk about row housing in San Francisco where one large building was subdivided into separate townhomes by use of firewalls. Thanks, Dewayne Martinez Design Build Fire Protection -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachment s/20111216/9efeba2c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
