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// CODE SNIPPET

704.8 Embedments and Enclosures

NYC Building Code 2014 > 7 Fire and Smoke Protection Features > 704 Fire-Resistance Rating of Structural Members > 704.8 Embedments and Enclosures
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Pipes, wires, conduits, ducts or other service facilities shall not be embedded in the required fire protection of a structural member that is required to be individually encased.

Exception: Pipes, wires, and conduits may be installed in the space between the required fire protection and the structural member protected, provided that where such facilities pierce the required fire protection:
  1. the area of the penetration does not exceed two percent of the area of the fire protection on any one face,
  2. the penetrations are closed off with close-fitting metal escutcheons or plates, and
  3. the concealed space is firestopped at each story.

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704.8 Fire and Smoke Protection Features, Embedments and Enclosures
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