Don't you just love it when the letter of the code works in your favor. I really don't think that this is what the NFPA 13 committee had in mind when they developed that section.
Paul J. Pinigis, P.E. Chief Life Safety Engineer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Williams - FPDC Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 5:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Gaggle of closets I am looking an apartment building which is to be designed according to NFPA 13. On the first level, there is a room which contains 55 - 3'x5' tenant storage closets (mostly filled with shelves). These would need to be sprinklered, which is fine, but the issue comes in the hydraulics. Section 14.4.4.4.2 states that closets with a single sprinkler may be omitted from the calculation. There could be up to 47 closets in the remote area. I have used this exception numerous times, but never in this quantity. The standard says nothing to the contrary, so I could eliminate 47 sprinklers in the remote area because they are in closets? Is there something I am overlooking? Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut www.fpdc.com 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
