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smoke and heat vent IBC 910

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Hyrax4978

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IFC appears to triggers smoke and heat vents per table 3206.2(IFC) with high pile storage approximately 15 feet tall with commod 1 thru 4. aggregate of all my storage areas are over 20,000 sf. Its a waste redistribution facility. The owners visited competitors out of state who do not have roof smoke vents, or mechanical exhaust. My assumption is the designer just didn't look at the IFC. But they want to know if there is an exclusion that the other designer knows about that we are missing. Any thoughts would be helpful.
 
[F] 910.1 General. Where required by this code or otherwise
installed, smoke and heat vents, or mechanical smoke exhaust
systems, and draft curtains shall conform to the requirements
of this section.
Exceptions:
1. Frozen food warehouses used solely for storage of
Class I and II commodities where protected by an
approved automatic sprinkler system.
2. Where areas of buildings are equipped with early
suppression fast-response (ESFR) sprinklers, automatic
smoke and heat vents shall not be required
within these areas.

That's what we usually see here in high piled....
 
IF you have to put them in, and they are automatic, just make sure they are "fused" at a higher temp than the sprinklers...Because letting the heat out before the sprinklers go off is bad...
 
Not sure if your facility falls under chapter 32.

Highly suggest a Fire Protection Engineer, could save money
 
HIGH-PILED COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE. Storage of combustible materials in closely packed piles or combustible materials on pallets, in racks or on shelves where the top of storage is greater than 12 feet (3658 mm) in height. Where required by the fire code official, high-piled combustible storage also includes certain high-hazard commodities, such as rubber tires, Group A plastics, flammable liquids, idle pallets and similar commodities, where the top of storage is greater than 6 feet (1829 mm) in height.



Plus waste stacked 15 feet high can create problems.

Tell them store to 14 feet Six Inches
 
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