Seems like something that makes sense for wood frame buildings but not so much for noncombustible construction. The runaway shower enclosure fire had never occurred to me, guess I lack the imagination. Ron F
-----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 8:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Thermal Barrier for Bathrooms Roland, Isn't the concern that fire will spread to the unprotected concealed space, spreading heat and smoke to other parts of the building - potentially igniting other shower enclosures leading to mass hysteria and dogs and cats living together? Whereas, the open door adjacent to the unprotected bathroom leads to a sprinkler-protected space. Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. | Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. | Fire Protection Engineer | Fargo, ND | direct: 701.552.9905 | mobile: 701.371.5759 | http://www.kfiengineers.com -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 5:48 PM To: SprinklerFORUM Subject: Re: Thermal Barrier for Bathrooms That is my understanding (despite the fact that a door is not required to the adjacent room). Never said it ad to be logical. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
