pstockert
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Working on a project in an existing building in NYC. As such current code requires use of 1968 code for building renovations.
The question is under the sprinkler protection of openings - are both doors and glass permitted to be sprinkler protected?
§[C26-720.3] 27-521.3 Construction. -
(a) Atriums may be constructed only in buildings in noncombustible construction groups 1-A, 1-B and 1-C.
(b) An atrium shall be fully enclosed except that openings of any size into the two lowest levels of an
atrium shall be permitted if such openings are provided with opening protectives having a fire-resistance rating
of at least one and one-half hours or are provided with sprinklers no more than six feet apart.
Does anybody have experience / expertise in the NYC atrium provisions?
Thanks
The question is under the sprinkler protection of openings - are both doors and glass permitted to be sprinkler protected?
§[C26-720.3] 27-521.3 Construction. -
(a) Atriums may be constructed only in buildings in noncombustible construction groups 1-A, 1-B and 1-C.
(b) An atrium shall be fully enclosed except that openings of any size into the two lowest levels of an
atrium shall be permitted if such openings are provided with opening protectives having a fire-resistance rating
of at least one and one-half hours or are provided with sprinklers no more than six feet apart.
Does anybody have experience / expertise in the NYC atrium provisions?
Thanks