Wow, where did that come from? I have never seen that before! On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Dewayne Martinez <[email protected]> wrote:
> Todd, > NFPA 13 (10ed) A8.6.5.1.2 provides some direction on this issue. > Dewayne > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd > Williams > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 2:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Interior canopy obstruction > > I am working on a facility where they are installing some new offices in > an industrial building. Around the perimeter of the offices is a canopy > which extends out 2'-6" from the office walls. The canopy height is > about 9'-6" and the ceiling sprinklers are at 18'-9". The question is do > we need sprinklers below the canopies. Section 8.6.5.3 says that > sprinklers need not be installed if the obstruction is less than 4'-0" > wide. I can go along with it except in one area it covers 1/2 of a 5'-0" > wide corridor. In that situation, I would think that sprinklers would be > necessary. But I get the "if it's less than 4'-0"....." argument. Any > thoughts? > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > 860.535.2080 > www.fpdc.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -- Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 fax 850-937-1852 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120213/657cc02c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
