Tony, for what it's worth, the commentary to section 8.4.5.1 says "Where corridors serve dwelling unit areas and other adjoining spaces, residential sprinklers would not be permitted within the corridor." The FAQ located in the margin next to that commentary asks "Is it the intent of 8.4.5 to allow residential sprinklers to be installed in corridors adjoining dwelling units that serve adjoining spaces other than dwelling units AND THEIR INCEDENTAL SERVICE AREAS?" (The capital letters are my doing)
The odd thing (to me) is that nothing in 8.4.5.1 or A.8.4.5.1 or the commentary mentions "incidental service areas". So how are we to interpret all that? Too much 'engineering' for my pay level. Ed Kramer Littleton, CO > > > Care facility designed to NFPA 13, 2002. Residential heads in patient > rooms > and adjacent corridors. All other rooms with non-residential qr heads. A > corridor opens to a dining room. There are no walls separating them. Any > problems using res. heads in the dining room? I'm trying to use res. > heads > as much as possible to avoid a 3000 sq.ft. calc. > > Tony _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
