Sprinkler Advantages for Dead End Corridors
Imagine trying to escape a forest fire in your vehicle and the visibility is extremely limited. In these moments, you want to make certain you are going the right way. Imagine second guessing every turn you have made only to find that the road you are on dead ends and the only place to is back from where you came.
Read MoreSprinkler Advantages for Exterior Openings
Exterior openings are important to any building. All joking aside, these openings are necessary for every building that has every existed and ever will exist into the future. These openings are how you access the interior, as well as how natural sunlight provides lighting to the buildings, via doors and windows among other important functions.
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Sprinkler Advantages for Draftstopping
Concealed spaces in combustible construction are one of the bigger opportunities for fire growth in a building. Experience has shown that some of the greatest damage occurs to conventional wood framed building during a fire when the fire travels unimpeded through concealed draft openings.
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Exterior Areas for Assisted Rescue
The codes and standards have much to say about accessible means of rescue. In fact, it’s one of the more complicated subjects when you are discussing means of egress due to federal and state laws that come into play concerning this topic. It can be very confusing to a designer or Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). The purpose of this blog is to discuss the sprinkler advantages of this component of an accessible means of egress.
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