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  1. indyarchyguy

    Nook Sprinkler Coverage Required?

    I also posted this under NFPA. I have a client that would like to create a nook for their dog at the office. The nook would be located under a stair adjacent to the office space. The walls of the stair are constructed with a 1-hour rated UL assembly. The ceiling of the nook (under the stair) is...
  2. indyarchyguy

    Nook Coverage

    I have a client that would like to create a nook for their dog at the office. The nook would be located under a stair adjacent to the office space. The walls of the stair are constructed with a 1-hour rated UL assembly. The ceiling of the nook (under the stair) is also rated 1-hour. The question...
  3. indyarchyguy

    Interior Stair & Travel Distance - Multi-Family 4-story

    Agree 100%. I would never calculate "down the stair". Okay...thank you for the clarification.
  4. indyarchyguy

    Interior Stair & Travel Distance - Multi-Family 4-story

    I have a project that is a 4-story, multi-family project, fully sprinklered, Type VA, R-Occupancy. (2012 IBC). Travel distance is 250-lf. The designer is telling me the number of egress stairs he would have to add is absurd because of the distance in the egress stair alone from the 4th floor...
  5. indyarchyguy

    Fire Assembly on Existing Building

    Thank you. I really appreciate the information. I have reviewed Resource A, UL Assembly Library and now this. There is nothing available given the existing floor/ceiling assembly that garners him any protection in that area. The walls in the building are good and can provide for a 3+ hour fire...
  6. indyarchyguy

    Fire Assembly on Existing Building

    Absolutely horrible. I have explained to them it must be provided and there are still some issues, but I think now they are trying to address some. However, no LULA or elevator for upper or lower areas.
  7. indyarchyguy

    Fire Assembly on Existing Building

    Yes, it is a III-B....my concern on running the entire thing as an A-2 is an issue as the primary use in the lower level could be argued as S-1 since that is what he intends to use it for. The entire structure (all three levels) consists of 11,190 sf. Using Equation 5-1, we get the advantage of...
  8. indyarchyguy

    Fire Assembly on Existing Building

    Yes, it is in the 2012 IEBC. We do not recognize that in Indiana....still.
  9. indyarchyguy

    Fire Assembly on Existing Building

    I will look at that. We are still floundering around in the 2012 (yes, that is very sad).
  10. indyarchyguy

    Fire Assembly on Existing Building

    They said they can't afford the sprinkler system. A-2, S-1 and B. Already have to file a variance to self-limit occupancy to maximum of 300 in the A-2.
  11. indyarchyguy

    Fire Assembly on Existing Building

    No. The exterior and interior support walls are masonry with stone veneer...18 inches total thickness. Interior walls have 7/8-1" plaster...I misread before. Floor ceilings between Basement and First, and then First and Second consist of the typical floor/ceiling assembly as previously stated...
  12. indyarchyguy

    Fire Assembly on Existing Building

    So I have a question regarding an existing building. I have a client that purchased a very old church that he elected to convert to an event space. Per typical of this type of issue, during renovation the inspector showed up and asked where his permit was as well as his fire sprinkler. He had...
  13. indyarchyguy

    Variance - State of Michigan

    Yes. A building code issue. They would like to obtain a variance based on providing alternative solutions to what is required per the building code. Thanks for responding.
  14. indyarchyguy

    Variance - State of Michigan

    I have a client that has a project which is on the cusp of a variance requirement for an addition to an existing building. It is located within a village that does not have a building official for Class I structures. Could anyone direct me to which group I would need to discuss the situation...
  15. indyarchyguy

    Evacuation Diagrams / Plans - Requirements

    A client asked me why they were being required to provide Evacuation Plans in the hallways of his facility. I explained there are certain occupancies that are required to have these diagrams posted as per the International Fire Code. It then got me to thinking, and reading, about what the actual...
  16. indyarchyguy

    A2 versus A3

    One thing I have done in the past is obtain a variance for tenant spaces. I had one community center (read strip mall) with no sprinkler. The building owner leased it to a restaurant. This put the building over area. We obtained a variance to bring in a fire main and build a fire riser room...
  17. indyarchyguy

    A2 versus A3

    I have always proposed them as A-2. I have obtained several variances for event barns where food and liquor are catered in. Occupancies have varied in range from 100 to almost 250 (depending on the size obviously). But event barns are very popular here and I have done probably 8 variances for...
  18. indyarchyguy

    Are "Stacked" Mezzanines a possibility??

    It does not. Hence part of the issue. Unless I provide a second means of egress, or I get them access to another means of egress (my initial thought is they could access a stair on to the roof outside which then provides egress to the exterior via a ladder or hatch. Of course, the later means...
  19. indyarchyguy

    Are "Stacked" Mezzanines a possibility??

    The killer on this, in my professional opinion, is that they are occupied. There is a proposed control room on the upper level which basically allows for one person in there to regulate. There will be up to 10 workers on both of these platforms. So, am I being too literal?
  20. indyarchyguy

    Are "Stacked" Mezzanines a possibility??

    2012 IBC (2014 Indiana). We have an existing, unlimited area Industrial building, fully-sprinklered, Construction Type II-N, F-2 Occupancy. In one area of the building there is an existing mezzanine (40 x 50). The process equipment extends from the main floor and through the mezzanine floor. The...
  21. indyarchyguy

    3 Hour Firewall Cracking

    A project that was constructed approximately 18 months ago in Indiana (2012 IBC with 2014 amendments). A warehouse has 3-hour firewalls that sit on top of a concrete curb of approximately 12-inch height from the top of the floor. The walls have started cracking in three different locations (see...
  22. indyarchyguy

    Water-Resistive Barrier per Sec. 1403.2

    This is for a new Storage Building Project in Ohio - 2017 OH Building Code (2015 IBC with Amendments). The building is a new, S-1 facility, one-story, Type II-B, non-climate controlled storage facility. Typical storage facility with exterior overhead doors. Essentially a pre-fabricated metal...
  23. indyarchyguy

    Fire Protection for Secondary Structural Members

    This is an interesting topic as I was just presented something similar. A three-story, Type II-B Construction. The horizontal assemblies, where required, need to be 1-hour for multi-use facility A-3, B and S-2. The 1-hour horizontal assembly we realized would not be required to have the main...
  24. indyarchyguy

    Rated Fire Partition vs. Smoke Partition

    I am currently reviewing a set of documents where a consultant had come through an existing senior health and living facility. The facility is of V-B construction. It has had several interior renovations over the many years it has been in service. This is located in Indiana. One of these...
  25. indyarchyguy

    Apartment complex freestanding garage, compliance with 907?

    Okay...I am just being paranoid. So I am not crazy....well, that I will admit.
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