Boiler Room Fire Rating
Boiler Room Fire Rating
(OP)
Good morning new to this forum and I have an interesting question from British Columbia, Canada.
As a boiler mechanic, I have always thought of boiler rooms as a dangerous place and that people outside need protection from equipment mishap inside.
I also am reminded daily of the jurisdictional differences in code and inspection.
I am commissioning equipment in a second floor boiler room.
The walls have 4 air ducts traversing the room with fire dampers...fair enough fire-rated walls. I got that one.
There is a roof above...nothing new here.
The floor however has two large hydronic pipe penetrations approx 12" x 18"...each penetration has 6 pipes of various sizes.
Aside from the possibilty of a large water leak to the t-bar grid and offices below, I am told that the floor is not a fire-rated assembly.
This seems contradictory to boiler room construction.
Comments,
Thnak you,
Tom





RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
t-bar ceiling in a storage room for one of the holes and a staff room for the other hole...
tom
RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
I have no idea how it works in Canada. Good luck in your endeavor, but don't expect a website to solve your design or engineering questions. It's a forum.
RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
yes the boiler room has two holes in ther floor...
I am not a designer, and not looking for design...just being cautious as I can see the accident potential here,
Tom
RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
Thanks,
The most curious issue is that the floor has not been fire-rated.
Is this correct?
Tom
RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
The requirements for the floor being fire-resistant or unrated is dependant on the code that that building was constructed to.
How do you know that the floor is not a rated horizontal assembly? Unless your well skilled in fire-resistive assemblies, making a determination just by visual examination can be problematic. I find in most cases its best to attempt to locate original building plans and determine what was originally specified.
My $0.02 opinion.
RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
RE: Boiler Room Fire Rating
I am told by the designer that the floor is not a fire-rated assembly. It is concrete so it has little chance of catching fire, unless someone spills a flammable liquid at the same time a gas boiler mishap happens.
It does strike me as rather curios that its design is not fire-rated; or, as I have mentioned , water-tight.
These items seem to be a matter of common sense.
Thanks to all...
Tom