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   WayneL5 | Jun 19, 2009 06:27am | #1

   Recessed niches for the fire extinguishers.

   Or, at the end of a hallway, not along the walls if the distances work out.

   Along the path of travel doesn't necessarily mean in the hallways, just on the way to the exit.  It might mean hallways if that is the only path to the exit, but it could mean, for example, mounted on building columns in a large, open manufacturing area between work stations and an exit.

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   ruffmike | Jun 19, 2009 07:44am | #2

    How wide are your corridors? seems the pathway would only have to be so wide. I would consult a fire extinguisher cabinet co. and see if they could help you out.

    I just helped lay out 20 fire extinguisher cabinets today in a school, but they were all recessed. For mounting heights they were called out 47" to the extinguisher handle.

    I have done industrial projects that had extinguishers on brackets in the corridors, and no one took issue with it.

    Let us know what happens.

                               Mike

       Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.

3. 
   Jeff_Clarke | Jun 19, 2009 02:21pm | #3

   Not sure about your building but doesn't the path of travel include stairways and other spaces connected to the hallways where it might be easier to work surface-mtd. extinguishers into the required clearances?

   Jeff

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   jigs_n_fixtures@icloud.com | Jun 20, 2009 03:42am | #5

   Slab on grade, so no stairwells. The only solution I'm coming up with is to build a cabinet, that runs floor to ceiling, so that blind people with canes, can find the bottom, and know not to run into it. I agree with the ADA/ABA in principle. But, sometimes it can get pretty frustrating trying to balance all the different codes.

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   Howard_Burt | Jun 20, 2009 04:32am | #6

   Here's a link to Larsen's Mfg's ADA info sheet.

   http://www.larsensmfg.com/fire_extinguishers/ada.html

   They make a semi-recessed can that projects 4". Any chance of chipping out 2.5" of concrete?

   It's possible they might make some type of accessory as this situation must come up on a somewhat regular basis.

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   DanH | Jun 21, 2009 03:58am | #7

   Maybe you could just create a pseudo column (I-beam style), with boards on each side of the extinguisher, running floor to ceiling.
   As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz

4. 
   WayneL5 | Jun 20, 2009 01:48am | #4

   Here you go.

   http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/photo/archive/archive_301-350/photo339.asp

5. 
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   calvin | Mar 15, 2014 06:12am | #9

   Kevin

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   thanks.