13D says ALL sprinklers in the compartment UP to a maximum of two  
sprinklers.
13R says the same but up to a maximum of four.
So it could be a single sprinkler calculation for either.

Roland

On May 28, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Richardson, R wrote:

> I had always thought that both NFPA 13R and 13D required a minimum  
> two head calculation.
>
> For various reasons we were actually reading it today and notice  
> that there does not appear to be a minimum number of heads to calc,  
> just calc. how many heads are in a compartment.
>
> We have an apartment whose units have 1 head per compartment, is it  
> acceptable to do a 1 head calc for 13R?
>
> 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]
> (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
>

_______________________________________________
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)

Reply via email to