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We have an open industrial ceiling apartment in Worli, Mumbai. The red sprinkler pipes and brass heads look ugly. Can we spray paint them black or white to match the ceiling color?
No! You can paint the exposed piping (using high-temperature paint, though standard code mandates red bands to identify fire lines), but you must NEVER paint the sprinkler heads or the …
I am preparing a fire safety manual for our warehouse in Vashi. What are the key building occupancy groups (like Group A, Group B, etc.) defined under the National Building Code?
Under NBC 2016, Part 4, buildings are classified into 9 occupancy groups based on hazard profiles: - Group A: Residential - Group B: Educational - Group C: Institutional (Hospitals) - …