Rich, I had a similar problem at Crater Lake National Park. Had a guy stand under a sprinkler with his arm pointing at the sprinkler. Then took pictures at various distances perpendicular to the baffles, with the camera pointed at where the sprinkler was. Of course you couldn't see the sprinkler on any but the closest picture to the sprinkler. It had to be called an obstruction.
Ed Vining On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Richardson, R <[email protected]>wrote: > We are reviewing a proposal to install sound baffles suspended from the > roof, and evaluating obstructions to sprinkler discharge. The baffles are > 2 ft. deep panels hung vertically every ft. The top of the baffle is just > over 18 ins. From the sprinkler heads so NFPA 13 would indicate that there > is no obstruction problem because they do not exceed the 4 ft. obstruction > trigger for obstruction more than 18 in. below the heads. > > However, the panels are every foot and it sure seems like a significant > obstruction, but the installation does not violate NFPA 13 for obstructions. > > Has anyone ever dealt with this issue and offer any insight. > > Thanks, > > Rich Richardson > Seattle Fire Department > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ed Vining 4819 John Muir Rd Martinez CA 94553 925-228-8792 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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)
