Plus, it's mixed use. 13 throughout. One building, one use, one standard, one design.
Tom GRS Hello Bobby, I was taught if there is a 5th floor it is not 13R. The whole building has to be 13. Friday, April 18, 2008, 8:16:04 AM, you wrote: > A question has been asked in our office and I would appreciate the opinions > of the forum as to the intent of 13R. > There is a 5 story building, bottom floor is mercantile and the top 4 > floors are residential. "NFPA13R Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler > Systems in Residential Occupancies up to and Including Four Stories in > Height." The debate is; is the intent of the standard to be that anything > over 4 stories cannot be classified as 13R or can the building in question > be classified as 13R because there are 4 stories in height for residential > occupancy? > > Thank you in advance. > > Bobby Gillett _______________________________________________ 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)
