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Unenclosed pipes

Eve Bois
ALAG inc
July 8, 2015

What should I do with a group of pipes (passing through an opening in the slab above or below) unenclosed in a floor (or building) service area? Should I draw a box around them and consider the area a Major vertical penetration? Or leave them in the service area?

Thank you in advance for your answer

David Fingret
Extreme Measures Inc.
July 8, 2015

The area of a Major Vertical Penetration must be enclosed by walls. Leave the space they take up as common area or tenant area depending on where they reside.

Thanks,

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