Craig, Racks are continuous along walls of the almost entire room. They are 36" and 48" wide or deep. The entire room area is 2000sqft, but the floor area under the racks are is 680sqft. First level of the rack where the bedding is stored is 2ft AFF, and second 5ft AFF. Nothing is stared on the floor. Thanks for your help,
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Miscellaneous Storage Is each shelf 36" to 48" wide by maybe 24 inches deep and there are two levels. Correct? The top shelf is 5 ft off the floor, correct? Is there any space between each shelving unit are do the units form a continuous shelf along the entire length of the wall? When you say the storage racks are 680sq. ft., what exactly is 680sq. ft.? Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Specialist Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [email protected] http://www.ch2m.com -----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 > >studentÂs 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 ÂWhere 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)
