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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:
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:
- the area of the penetration does not exceed two percent of the area of the fire protection on any one face,
- the penetrations are closed off with close-fitting metal escutcheons or plates, and
- the concealed space is firestopped at each story.
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