Protecting heads against freezing seems like a pretty basic code. I still do not believe that an inspector or fire sprinkler designer would have missed this. The shopping center is a two story structure with approximately 60,000 sq. ft. of tenant space. It was built after the MGM fire and I...
The heads are not dry pendent and are fed from each tenants unit. We are doing a tenant improvement and the fire inspector noticed this. The building owners have known about heads for some time. There is no insulation in the 24" attic space just the lighting. I cannot believe this made it by...
I am working on a commercial shopping center in the las vegas area that was built in 1992. The fire sprinkler system is a wet system with no anti-freeze loop for the exterior heads. Each head is located by a recessed light. Did they have a different requirement for exterior heads in 1992. I...
