alexTheBuilder
Civil/Environmental
- Sep 4, 2009
- 3
Hi,
I have a living room that is 16' x 18' in size. There is a skylight shaft in the middle that has 2 2'x4' skylights with 4/12 pitch and a shaft that flares out 1' to all sides, so the ceiling opening to the shaft is roughly 6'x6'. The highest point of the skylights is about 4' higher than the ceiling. Location of the building is San Jose, CA.
The living room has a door to a bedroom, so it needs a smoke detector. Do I need to place the smoke detector in the skylight shaft, because it's the highest point of the room? The rule to place a smoke detector 3' away from the highest point is hard to realize, because it would place it either in a skylight window or outside of the shaft.
I it customary to put residential smoke detectors in skylight shafts? If you know of any codes that require or forbid this, could you point me to this?
Thanks,
Alex
I have a living room that is 16' x 18' in size. There is a skylight shaft in the middle that has 2 2'x4' skylights with 4/12 pitch and a shaft that flares out 1' to all sides, so the ceiling opening to the shaft is roughly 6'x6'. The highest point of the skylights is about 4' higher than the ceiling. Location of the building is San Jose, CA.
The living room has a door to a bedroom, so it needs a smoke detector. Do I need to place the smoke detector in the skylight shaft, because it's the highest point of the room? The rule to place a smoke detector 3' away from the highest point is hard to realize, because it would place it either in a skylight window or outside of the shaft.
I it customary to put residential smoke detectors in skylight shafts? If you know of any codes that require or forbid this, could you point me to this?
Thanks,
Alex