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sprinklers

  1. A

    Mezzanine Size Calculation

    Hello, I am designing a home with a mezzanine level. The home will have sprinklers. I am trying to max out the size of the mezzanine and am told that I can build up to 50% of the room below. My question is how are the stairs treated to and from the mezzanine. Are stairs to the mezzanine...
  2. iOne

    Change of use triggering sprinklers in a single-family home. Correct code interpretation?

    I'm working with an older home that had been chopped into several tiny units, with permits, in the 1940's. Some thirty years ago it converted a single-family home in reality, but not on paper. The home is 134 years old, but not considered historic locally. The local jurisdiction is willing to...
    • iOne
    • Thread
    • california cebc existing buildings iebc international existing building code sprinklers
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: International Fire Code IFC
  3. T

    Fire Area vs separated occupancy

    Hello all, IBC 2015. Designing an office building with an attached warehouse. Office building is roughly 11,000 SF, warehouse is roughly 3,000. Trying to determine separation requirements and avoid needing fire sprinklers. Interpretation 1: No fire-rating required between warehouse and...
  4. M

    Attic Area Limitation - Fire suppression system required

    Hello, I'm working on a project under the NJ IRC 2018. It's a historic farmhouse, and it has a below grade basement, two full stories, and a full attic space over the entire footprint. The steep roof pitch allows for almost total occupancy of the attic, with the exception of knee walls along the...
  5. M

    Karaoke Lounge - occupancy/ sprinklers

    I worked on a Karaoke Lounge that has an occupant load of 150. There are 12 individual karaoke rooms. The business got up and running serving packaged snacks and canned drinks. A few months later they began serving beer. The planning department found out and is requiring us to move from an A1 to...
  6. S

    does a small A2 restaurant with R-3 above need sprinklers?

    We are remodeling an existing building. The ground floor has a restaurant (2,700 sf) with two small dwelling units above (1,200 sf). The OL of the restaurant is increasing to 75, moving the use from B to A2. This triggers Sub Alt requirements. The building type is 5a. The most restrictive...
  7. J

    Alteration Level 3, B Occupancy, Sprinklers Required?

    Building sf is 11,000 sf. It'll be an alteration level 3, business occupancy, type V-B construction (existing occupancy is a B occupancy so no change in hazard level). The area is separated by a 2 hour fire barrier dividing the space into two separate fire areas (each totaling 5,500 sf). 1...
    • Jabor
    • Thread
    • alteration level 3 business occupancy sprinklers type v-b
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Fire Codes IBC / IRC
  8. annoyitated

    Omnimax Theatre

    We are currently renovating an Omnimax Theatre into a Large Screen Theatre and have a question concerning sprinkler protection. The original theatre was required to meet 1990 BOCA which required all levels to be sprinklered in an A-1, with the exception of "auditorium areas". The existing...
  9. L

    3rd Floor, Attic, Habitable Attic, Etc

    I would appreciate some expert guidance with respect to a property I am under contract to purchase. The property is zoned R1 and class 4A. It was built in 1888 and has spent the past 30 years as a professional office. I intend to convert it back to residential one family use. The building has a...
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