Thom, Does that mean that in a hotel protected by an NFPA-13 compliant system that I could design the system using only quick-response (non-residential) sprinklers, and thus change the minimum number of sprinklers flowing in the calculations?
My thinking is that the guest room would certainly be classed as light hazard, and as long as self-closing doors were present, I would be allowed to use the room design method. Based on that, I could provide calculations for only those sprinklers in the room flowing, and because it is a "small room" as defined by 3.3.15, I would only have to provide the density of water times the area of the room divided by the number of sprinklers in the room for minimum flow from each sprinkler, per 8.6.2.1.2. That would certainly allow me to use smaller orifice sprinklers in the room, and reduce the total water flowing in the room. Of course, I'd also have provide a corridor calculation based on five sprinklers flowing, per 11.2.3.3.6, but using SxL I could also 4.2K sprinklers in the corridor, reducing the water flowing and still keeping the density provided at the required level for light hazard. Interesting possibilities. -- PARSLEY CONSULTING Ken Wagoner, SET 760.745.6181 voice 760.745.0537 fax [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> e-mail www.ParsleyConsulting.com <http://www.ParsleyConsulting.com> website Thom McMahon wrote: > Just as a follow up: > > 8.4.5 Residential Sprinklers. > 8.4.5.1* Residential sprinklers shall be permitted in dwelling > units and their adjoining corridors, provided they are installed > in conformance with their listing. > 8.4.5.2 Residential sprinklers shall be used only in wet systems > unless specifically listed for use in dry systems or preaction systems. > > "Permitted" not required. > > Thom McMahon, SET > Firetech, Inc. > 2560 Copper Ridge Dr > P.O. Box 882136 > Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 > Tel: 970-879-7952 > Fax: 970-879-7926 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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)
