Chris,

If it's 19.5 off the walls at 0.01 (380.25 sqft) why would you calc to
19x19 at 0.01 (361 sqft)?

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Chris Cahill <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the question was more on spacing than number of heads. IMO because 
> she is 10' off the wall it's a 20x20 calc either way.  If she was 9.5 off two 
> walls then it would be a 20x20 off the cut sheets and 19x19 at 0.1 using SxL.
>
> Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Travis Mack, SET" <[email protected]>
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> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:52:56
> To: <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected], [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Residential "Room Design Method"?
>
> Yeah. It is a 4 head minimum calc. Even if each room has only 1 sprinkler, 
> you still must calc 4 heads.
> Travis Mack, SET
> MFP Design, LLC
> www.mfpdesign.com
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jamie.seidl" <[email protected]>
> Sender: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:49:55
> To: [email protected]<[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Residential "Room Design Method"?
>
> See, I really should read the whole email prior to posting.  If your full 13, 
> you will still need to be at .10 gpm/sqft per spacing, and if your doing room 
> design, you will still need to pick up 2 sprinklers in the communicating 
> spaces...  Not many residential occupancies have rated doors...
>
> Jamie
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>
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 7:24 PM, Carrol Glimstad <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>> I'm designing a residential project using res. heads (LFII) and designing to
>> full NFPA 13.  When I calc my four heads using the "design area", I am 
>> wondering
>> if I can use the room design method to determine my sprinkler demand?  For
>> instance, I have a room that measures 16' X 16', (256 sq. ft.) but the head 
>> is
>> actually located 10 feet off of the 2 adjacent far walls.  If using the flow
>> rates from the chart I know that I need to flow 20 gpm from that head based 
>> on
>> my maximum 20' x 20' spacing.  But If I'm using the .10 over the "design 
>> area"
>> can I just use the demand of 25.6 gpm for that head (16' x 16' sq. ft.) 
>> versus
>> the 40 gpm based on 20' x 20'?  I understand then I would then base my system
>> requirements on the more demanding of the two methods.  I can flow all four
>> heads at a 20 gpm no problem, but the 40 gpm from just one head.....ouch!
>> I haven't done residential in a looooong time, so thought I'd check for the 
>> heck
>> of it and I'm pretty sure I'll find instead that I'm full of it!
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Carrol Glimstad
>>
>>
>>
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