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Wall along edge of space drop ceiling code#
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Thus list the possible situations where you can have the sprinklers at the ceiling level only, and not below the open grid ceiling. You can also have a look to 8.15.14 for open grid ceilings. And a shield is mandatory to avoid water cooling of the fusible element from the operating sprinklers above. But because of possible obstruction to the sprinkler discharge pattern from the open gratings’ sprinklers are also required underneath. The purpose of that is that the heat will go through the openings and collect first above the open gratings, therefore, sprinklers are required above the « ceilings with a lot of holes » as the sprinklers located below the ceiling will not operate quickly.
Maybe you are thinking of the paragraph with open gratings (8.5.5.3.4 and annex in the 2016 Edition), which states that sprinklers should be provided below open gratings and should be provided with shields, Then there is a requirement for the position of the shield.
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