Thanks Roland. The issue to me is life safety, partial sprinkler in an assisted living facility is asking for a no win law suit in my opinion. (Why did you only sprinkler a part of the building?) The AHJ won't get sued but everyone else will. Perhaps it is best to walk away from this one.
Art -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Assisted living partial sprinkler? this issue was discussed in great detail within the last month although it was focused on I-1. Allow me to say just one thing. It's not what we want (unless it's our building), it's what the building code dictates THEN WHAT THE AHJ ALLOWS. The illogical part is that an I-1 (assisted living greater than 16 and up to 4 stories) can be a 13- D but the same function in a one story building with less than 16 does not have this explicit exception. It's an easy argument to apply it but is a call by the AHJ. Roland On Sep 23, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Art Tiroly wrote: > Architect calls with a small addition to an existing 3500 SF, R4 > assisted living building. He says all we have to protect is the new > addition and some connecting rooms by the fire official. R4 only > requires a 13D systems per IBC with only 8 patients. > > I want at least a 13R system and 100% coverage of the area below the > ceiling including existing areas for life safety. > > What say the forum > > Arthur Tiroly _______________________________________________ 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)
