My work is killing me with this one. My job is usually to help with selecting and sourcing materials and finishes. We do large scale, interactive exhibits so our choices can be a little wacky. That said the rule is to stick with FR (e84, NFPA 286 etc, all the fun IBC Chapter 8 rules) materials.
This one project involves a stand of spare, dead trees going down a hallway. They are to be painted. I have pushed back as much as I can, there is a way to get the same effect with fire rated materials, but creative INSISTS on using real, dead trees for this element. A-3 occupancy, sprinklered, all that jazz. They would be anchored to the floor, away from walls and ceilings and with a bit of distance between them. The "trees" would actually be more like large branches, no more than 6" wide at their base.
With that in mind - is there any way on earth we can get this to fly? My thought was soaking these in a saturant (like FX Lumberguard) and then painting them with an intumescent paint before artistic painting comes in. Actually my thought is this is a terrible idea but I'd like to be able to come with them with more constructive answers for why we can't do things this way. It was hard enough reminding them we couldn't use spray foam all over the ceiling.
This one project involves a stand of spare, dead trees going down a hallway. They are to be painted. I have pushed back as much as I can, there is a way to get the same effect with fire rated materials, but creative INSISTS on using real, dead trees for this element. A-3 occupancy, sprinklered, all that jazz. They would be anchored to the floor, away from walls and ceilings and with a bit of distance between them. The "trees" would actually be more like large branches, no more than 6" wide at their base.
With that in mind - is there any way on earth we can get this to fly? My thought was soaking these in a saturant (like FX Lumberguard) and then painting them with an intumescent paint before artistic painting comes in. Actually my thought is this is a terrible idea but I'd like to be able to come with them with more constructive answers for why we can't do things this way. It was hard enough reminding them we couldn't use spray foam all over the ceiling.