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Page 2 of 3 ESR-1136 4.0 INSTALLATION 5.2 Installation shall be by installers authorized by Smoke 4.1 General: Guard®Corporation. 5.3 For areas adopting the SBC,the Smoke Guard®System Installation of the system shall comply with this report and is permitted to be used as an alternative to the enclosed published instructions. Smoke Guard Corporation's elevator lobby required for Group B and R high-rise installation instructions shall be available at the jobsite at all buildings. A separate protected lobby, in addition to a times during installation. fire-resistance-rated corridor, is not required under the The system shall be surface-mounted or flush-mounted. following conditions: The maximum elevator door opening width shall not exceed 5.3.1 The elevator doors protected by the Smoke 48 inches (1219 mm) for the Model 200 system, 64 inches Guard® System shall open into a fire- (1626 mm)for the Model 400, and 72 inches(1829 mm)for resistance-rated corridor with one-hour the Model 600.The frame surrounding the elevator door shall construction and 20-minute opening be a minimum of No. 14 gage [0.0747 inch (1.9 mm)] steel protectives. with a 2-inch-wide(51 mm)flat profile.Nonferrous or beveled frames require the installation of auxiliary steel rails. 5.3.2 The protected elevators shall not be used as an accessible means of egress, and the fire- The basic installation consists of a sheet metal mounting plate attached to the wall above the elevator hoistway frame. resistance-rated not be used as an area of refuge. corridorsserving the elevators shall The Smoke Guard System housing is attached to the mounting plate,except for the Model 200 and the Model 400, 5.3.3 One required exit shall be accessible without which can be attached directly to the wall.Joints between the travel in front of elevators protected with the housing and the head of the hoistway frame shall be sealed Smoke Guard®System. with the silicone sealant noted in Section 3.1.5. 5.4 The Smoke Guard®System shall be cycle-tested by the Installation of the Model 600 on hoistways that exceed 64 building owner of record or owner's representative on a inches(1626 mm)in width requires the use of a coved base. semiannual basis.A permanent record of the cycle tests At the floor level,two coved base clips shall be placed in the shall be retained by the building owner of record or the lobby-side floor in direct line and in contact with the existing owner's representative. hoistway frame.The joints between the clips and frame shall 5.5 A smoke detector complying with UL 268 shall be be sealed with the silicone sealant noted in Section 3.1.5. installed at the ceiling in front of the elevator doors.The The drive control power leads are connected to a 120-volt smoke detector shall be equipped with an auxiliary electrical system. Alarm signal leads are connected to the contact and battery backup(not provided by the Smoke elevator lobby smoke detector.The low-voltage power leads Guard® System control station) or an emergency on the Model 600 are connected to a rewind switch. electrical system. The film is unrolled to magnetically adhere to either the 5.6 The units shall be used with fire-resistance-rated hoistway frame or auxiliary rails.The magnets are adjusted to elevator doors in order to comply with the "S" label align with the hoistway jambs and the film is stretched tightly requirements for tight-fitting smoke and draft control across the hoistway opening.The film is adjusted vertically so assemblies in accordance with Section 1004.3.4.3.2.1 the bottom threshold is in contact with the floor.Any slack is of the UBC and the requirements of Section 714.2.3 of adjusted upward into the housing.After initial adjustment the the IBC,allowing the elevator door to open directly into film shall be unrolled again to check the seating in the cove the fire-resistance-rated corridor, and eliminating the bases(where used) and vertical alignment. Line slack shall need for a fully enclosed lobby as described in Section be removed and adjusted to provide equal tension between 707.14.1 of the IBC,Section 1004.3.4.5 of the UBC,and cables. Section 412.6 of the SBC. 4.2 Final Adjustment and Inspection: 5.7 Units are manufactured at 11420 Executive Drive, Boise, Idaho, under a quality control program with After the installation is complete,the installer shall perform a inspections by Omega Point Laboratories(AA-657). final adjustment and inspection of the system. The rewind motor shall be engaged and inspected for operation. Fall of 6.0 EVIDENCE SUBMITTED the apparatus shall be inspected, with adjustments to the 6.1 Manufacturer's descriptive literature, specifications, cable tension made as required. The process shall be published installation instructions and engineering repeated five times to verify functionality.The magnetic strips drawings. shall be attached and the area between the top of the film and the housing set with silicone sealant. After installation, the 6.2 Data in accordance with the ICC-ES Acceptance system shall be maintained as stated in Section 5.4 of this Criteria for Smoke Containment Systems Used with report. Fire-Resistive Elevator Hoistway Doors and Frames 5.0 CONDITIONS OF USE (AC77), dated October 2003. 6.3 A quality control manual. The Smoke Guard® System smoke containment systems described in this report comply with, or are suitable 7.0 IDENTIFICATION alternatives to what is specified in, those codes specifically The Smoke Guard®System units described in this report shall listed in Section 1.0 of this report, subject to the following bear a label indicating the manufacturer's name (Smoke conditions: Guard® Corporation) and/or trademark, manufacturer's 5.1 Installation shall comply with this report,Smoke Guard address, product name, model number, leakage rating, the Corporation's published installation instructions,and the report number(ESR-1136), and the name of the inspection applicable code. agency(Omega Point Laboratories, Inc.).