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Yes, something like that happened to us as well. Except, they
weren’t quite that communicative. We came in to work one Monday morning
and discovered that all the sound booths in the building had a hole drilled in them
and visual fire alarms (but no sprinklers) installed. Of course, sound proofing
wasn’t a priority for the installers….. so over the next several weeks
we had to undertake several exercises to attempt to seal the booths again. Apparently, the local codes required that (at a minimum) there
be a warning device inside any “room” in our building. In
this instance, the inspector (who must have been working late night on some weekend)
decided to call each sound booth a “room”. The contractor that
installed the fire alarms just followed instructions. Rahul ---------- Rahul Shrivastav University of Florida From: AUDITORY - Research
in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tollin,
Daniel Hi,
Different topic. During the past couple of weeks I moved one of my IAC
double-walled sound booths (~10x10x10 foot outer dimensions) to a different
room. After the move the inspector for my building informed me that a
fire sprinkler must be installed INSIDE the sound booth. Four years ago I
had 2 booths installed brand new and the inspector had no problem (go
figure). Has anybody, particularly here in the US, had a similar
experience with their sound booths? I’ve seen a lot of sound booths
around the US and I’ve never once observed a fire sprinkler inside the
booth. PS.
Thanks to all those on the LIST that suggested contractors to me to move the
sound room. Daniel J. Tollin, PhD Assistant
Professor University
of Department
of Physiology and Biophysics/Mail Stop 8307 Research
Complex 1-N, Rm 7120 12800
East 19th Ave Tel:
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