we had a similar scenario and approached AHJ with it. He said to treat room as OH group 2 and add 5 closet heads to calcs. He sent us a letter advising us to that affect.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:40:06 +1100 > Subject: Re: Gaggle of closets > > Could you foresee a fire senario where the 47 extra heads would operate. I > think that this is exactly what the exception is for. > > Regards > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Pinigis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22/02/2008 05:30 PM EST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Gaggle of closets > > > > 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) > > > This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is addressed > and is not intended to be relied upon by any person without subsequent > written confirmation of its contents. Accordingly, our company disclaim all > responsibility and accept no liability (including in negligence) for the > consequences for any person acting, or refraining from acting, on such > information prior to the receipt by those persons of subsequent written > confirmation. > > If you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify us > immediately by telephone. Please also destroy and delete the message from > your computer. The Unsolicited Electronic Message Act 2007 (The Spam Act) > came into effect from 5 September 2007. As a valued client you may receive > communications from us from time to time, including electronic publications, > invitations and related information. Please advise if you wish us to stop > sending these communications to you. Otherwise we will assume you wish to > continue receiving these communications from us. > > Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, > distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. > _______________________________________________ > 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)
