Kao Chen
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2006 IEBC is primary code. An existing tire repair shop (it was built pre-code for this area, 5B construction) is planning on adding a single story addtion of 2000 sq. ft. (2B construction) for three additional garage bays (no storage). Exisitng structure is 2 stories with a total fire area of 7782 sq. ft. (no separations vertically or horizontally). It contains 3332 sq. ft. of tire storage on the two floors (doesn't qualify as "high piled"). The IEBC for "additions" points to threshold limits of the 2006 IBC as governing sprinkler coverage (see Sec 903.2.8.1). Would you require a NFPA 13 system to be installed in the exisitng and the addition? Take a look at Sec. 903.2.8.2 '06 IBC.
Thanks for the input.
Thanks for the input.