Sorry, I should have been clearer.  We are tying onto a main near the riser
with a tree configuration.  On the existing system, on the lower floor, they
system is a tree configuration that is pipe scheduled.

We are not going to perpetuate the dry grid madness.

Jimmy Waite
Burtell Fire Protection, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
406-652-7697
 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Huggins
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 3:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Mezzanine Calcs. 

thats does NOT apply to gridded systems

Roland

On Mar 26, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Roland Huggins wrote:

> Pipe schedule does to apply to gridded systems.
>
> Assuming you have a solid floor for the mezzanine, it's treated  
> separately.  To ensure you have a large enough remote area, you  
> pick up part of the existing system at the roof level.
>
> Roland
>
>
> On Mar 26, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Jimmy Waite wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Forum,
>>
>> We are currently working on a project where we are tying onto a  
>> dry, gridded
>> sprinkler system, installed in 1985.  There are two existing dry  
>> systems and
>> they each cover an area of about 13,100 square feet.  The lower  
>> floor is a
>> tree system that was sized by "Table 3-7.1" of NFPA 13, 1984 Ed.   
>> The main
>> floor is a grid that was designed at a .275/ 3000 square feet with  
>> 500 gpm
>> hose allowance.  The addition that we are sprinklering is only  
>> 2,000 square
>> feet.  On the main floor of the addition there is a mezzanine of  
>> about 1,000
>> square feet.  Is a calculation even needed for such a small  
>> addition, or can
>> we use the existing pipe sizing as our guide?  If a calculation is  
>> required,
>> would we calculate the sprinklers along the roof deck by  
>> themselves, or do
>> we need to include the sprinklers under that mezzanine in our  
>> calculations
>> as well.
>>
>> Thanks for the help
>>
>> Jimmy Waite
>> Burtell Fire Protection, Inc.
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 406-652-7697
>>
>>
>>
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