Good question. Don't have an answer but I do have an opinion, but like all opinions….
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Ed Kramer <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got a light hazard dining area with a 10'-6" ceiling which meets all > the criteria for reducing the design area down to 912 sf. Well, almost all > the criteria. There is one small 'atrium' with a 23' ceiling height. The > 'atrium' is only 6' x 11' and is protected by 1 sprinkler. > > > > Am I allowed to reduce the design area based on the 10'-6" ceiling height, > or must I calculate a full 1,500 sf? Or more generically, how small must > an area of higher ceiling be in order to ignore it when applying section > 11.2.3.2.3? > > > > Opinions? > > > > Ed Kramer > > Littleton, CO > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ 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)
