Sorry, forgot title At 10:09 AM 6/24/2011, you wrote: >I am working on a small mixed-use building with commercial space on the first >floor and an apartment with loft above. Part of the apartment has a cathedral >ceiling, which needs to have sprinklers on the slope. No other options. The >roof is framed with 2x10s and they plan to use a spray in foam insulation the >entire depth of the joists. My thought was if they took one joist bay and only >put 5" of insulation and create a space to run the pipe. Would that be >sufficient to prevent pipe from freezing? I also thought about putting a small >grate at the bottom and top of the channel to allow heat to flow into the >space. Has anyone done anything like that before? Thoughts on weather it would >work? Not a lot of options and I don't want to go with an antifreeze system > >Todd G. Williams, PE >Fire Protection Design/Consulting >Stonington, CT >860.535.2080 >www.fpdc.com > >_______________________________________________ >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)
Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860.535.2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ 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)
