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� SEA � TAC � <br /> LIGHTING SALES, INC. <br /> ➢ecemUer 12 , 1989 <br /> Prince of Peace Lutheran Church <br /> 9320 Mea9ow Way <br /> EvereYt , WA 98208 <br /> Attn: Pastor Richard Shouse ;3-t_ t��G 3 <br /> Gentlemen: <br /> Tliis is in regard to the fire rating in the sanctuary <br /> �nd northe:c of your church. <br /> Whether recessed fixtures destroy the fire rating of the <br /> ceiling is a matter of construction methods and of <br /> construction of the recessed fixture, and is subject to <br /> ruling by local inspectors. <br /> The problem with most recessed fixtures in fire-rated <br /> ceilings is that many have ho;es in them through which fire <br /> can presumably pass. <br /> With such fixtures, to I�reserve the fire rat '.ng of the <br /> ceiling, the contractor installs a box of non-flammable <br /> naterial , metal or plasterboard, around t2ie fixti.re with at <br /> least three inches clearance from al.l surfaces of the <br /> fixture, with no thermal insulation on top of the fixture. <br /> I�lthough the Prescolite recessed fixture that is <br /> installed in your sanctuary and northex, #1226-662 , is not <br /> fire-rate3, it does not have any holes through which fire can <br /> pass, and appears to preserve the :ntegrity of the fire-rated <br /> ceiling. <br /> Recessed fixture manufactures do not build fire-rated <br /> fixtures, aith the exception of some fluore:;cent manufactures <br /> (see attached) , and the matter r_f Fire rating becomes a <br /> matter oL- the construction of th� recessed fixture and thc <br /> structure in which it is used, rind is therefore a matter ;:�at <br /> is subject to the local code inspectors. <br /> The U.L. label phrasing regarding insulation is to the <br /> effect that thermal insulation muet be kepY three inches away <br /> from all surfaces of the fixture, and cannot be over the toP <br /> of the rixture. <br /> It is our understanding that you are in compliance witl� <br /> �`his requirement . <br /> Zf we can be of fi�rt5c�i� assistance , Please cal'. us . <br /> Unrhaps your inspecto�� wou ',d 7 i1-e tn esa^�ine a Pi.:t�:re t'�at <br /> `�as r.ot �eer ::ist::.ied . <br /> vr�l�...- T..;11`%r <br /> ��/�l/�/,� -. ���- <br /> .:.�y '.: .UAdam <br /> 615 STRANDER BOULEVARD • ScATTLE, WA 98188 • (206) 575-6865 • FAX: (206) 575-8013 <br />