19firekiller75
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Business (university) Classes, Offices, & Theater within building
300,000+ sq. ft - 6 floors
Partially sprinklered (a 1/4 of 4th floor is sprinklered and 1/4 of 5th floor)
Existing horns for notification/Existing Pulls
Minimum Smokes (only elevators recall and door holders)
I’ve looked this up and don’t believe what I’m finding or rather not finding. Maybe I’m reading code wrong or just reading the wrong stuff. After my research, it seems that smokes are only an option and not required for this huge freakin building with specs above, or am I missing something.
So my question is do I have to go full smoke detection because there’s no sprinklers and no existing smokes, and if so can I skip the areas on 4th & 5th floors with sprinklers.
Thanks for any help in advance.
300,000+ sq. ft - 6 floors
Partially sprinklered (a 1/4 of 4th floor is sprinklered and 1/4 of 5th floor)
Existing horns for notification/Existing Pulls
Minimum Smokes (only elevators recall and door holders)
I’ve looked this up and don’t believe what I’m finding or rather not finding. Maybe I’m reading code wrong or just reading the wrong stuff. After my research, it seems that smokes are only an option and not required for this huge freakin building with specs above, or am I missing something.
So my question is do I have to go full smoke detection because there’s no sprinklers and no existing smokes, and if so can I skip the areas on 4th & 5th floors with sprinklers.
Thanks for any help in advance.