No, it is not. Racks are attached to the wall. It is single row of racks installed along wall. Thanks, Anna Reich
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Tiroly Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Miscellaneous Storage Are there flue spaces at the rack supports - 4-6"? Is this a single row rack? Is there a flue space at the wall behind the rack? Arthur Tiroly ATCO Fire Protection Design Tiroly and Associates 3300 King Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 216-621-8899 216-570-7030 cell -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Miscellaneous Storage They are racks since they are 36" and 48" wide. Racks are built with steel support attached to wall with solid wood on the top of shelves. Thanks, ---- Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Anna, > > Are they shelves or racks? > > > At 09:39 AM 3/11/2009, you wrote: > >Gentlemen, Would you please help me? I have the > >basement in studentÂ?s dorm serving as a storage > >room approximate 2000 sqft. Around all storage > >room, along walls, there are storage racks with > >the solid wood shelves (storage racks are about > >680 sqft). The storage contains beddings: > >sheets, pillows and comforters in the small > >plastic bags. Room is 9 ft height; first level > >of rack is 2 ft above floor and second level 5 > >ft above floor. Commodities are stored to the > >ceiling of the room. Please correct me if my > >approach is not correct: 1. Storage classified > >as miscellaneous storage 2. Commodities > >classification: Class IV 3. Storage to be lower > >min. 18 inch from the sprinklers. 3. Design > >criteria for ceiling sprinklers based on 12.1.10 > >(NFPA 13 2002): 1500sqft/0.20 gpm/sqft 4. > >Since we have solid shelving do we need have in > >rack sprinklers and need to apply section > >12.3.1.9.2 Â?Where solid shelving in single-, > >double-, and multiple-row racks exceeds 64 sqft > >in are or where the level of storage exceed 6 > >ft, sprinklers shall be installed at the > >ceiling and below each level of shelvingÂ?? It > >is not really clear to me that this requirement > >applies to miscellaneous storage also. I would > >really appreciate you help. Thank you, Anna > >Reich > >_______________________________________________ > >Sprinklerforum mailing list > >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > >For Technical Assistance, send an email to: > >[email protected] To Unsubscribe, > >send an email > >to:[email protected] (Put > >the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, Connecticut > www.fpdc.com > 860.535.2080 > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
