Hello Karen, If your under IBC 2003 See section 905. MY Summary below: The floor level of the highest floor is 30 feet over the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.
It seems to me from your description two floor above the street is 21' 8" so a standpipe would not be required. Monday, April 21, 2008, 1:59:50 PM, you wrote: > I have a 13R building that has a basement below street level, two floors > with apartments and a penthouse that takes up entire third floor. Each > floor is 10'10" finished floor to finished floor. I know that because of > the 30' rule I have to have a standpipe. My problem is how. The building > is an old building being renovated and there is one staircase in the > lobby. These stairs serve two apartments each. The stairs leading up to > the penthouse is totally enclosed with a door at the second floor. Does > this still qualify for a standpipe and if so do I take it all the way > through the penthouse to the roof. The building will be completely > sprinklered. Also does the standpipe need to go to the basement as well? > There are no apartments there but is being used for mechanical equipment > and storage. > > Karen Purvis > Designer > Facility Systems Consultants > 714 S Gay St > Knoxville, TN 37902 > ph.865-246-0164 > fax 865-246-1084 > > _______________________________________________ > 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) -- Best regards, Charles Thurston mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Coastal Fire Protection _______________________________________________ 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)
