the same logic would say a beam in the middle of a room make it two compartments. If you have a 8" obstruction on two sides of the shower but no portion of either span is a wall, then it isn't a lintel.
Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives Dallas, TX http://www.firesprinkler.org On Oct 2, 2013, at 11:32 AM, "rongreenman ." <[email protected]> wrote: > If there is at least eight inches on both sides I'd argue that it separates > compartments. If not it's something else. Since it defines an overhead > separation between compartments it is a portal from one to the other and > therefore a doorway. If someone wants to argue otherwise I'm open to > persuasion. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
