This is a trick question, right? The hallway width should be at least as wide as the code minimum width for persons on foot plus the width of whatever the maximum size the storage room doors are because that would be the width of items that could normally be expected to be in the hallway during dire egress conditions. So if the bare bones public hallway minimum width is 44 inches then the doors to the storage rooms must be for golf club bags only. This sounds like an attempt to skirt the sprinkler standard intent in a building that is also skirts the building code intent.
Allan Seidel St. Louis, MO > On Aug 19, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Gregg Fontes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any opinions/thoughts? > > Looking at a typical mini storage facility. At the 5' wide hallways (walls > full height to concrete deck) they are looking to install a 3' wide > soffit/ceiling down the middle of the hallway. This will leave a 1' gap on > each side of the hallway. The soffit/ceiling will be approximately 24" below > the upright fire sprinkler deflector that is running down the center of the > hallway. Since the soffit/ceiling (continuous obstruction) is less than 4' > wide and greater than 18" below the fire sprinkler deflector, then am I > correct in thinking that fire sprinklers are not required per NFPA 13 2013 > 8.5.5.3 to be installed at the soffit/ceiling? > > Thanks, > Gregg Fontes > Cen-Cal Fire Systems, Inc. > 209-334-9119 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
