There is nothing I have seen that says in-racks must have a dedicated riser, 
only that they must be separately controlled. I think that arrangement would be 
acceptable, but I would install a control valve on the feed to the in-racks. 
Take a look at the diagrams in 8.16.1.6 in the Handbook.


At 04:34 PM 5/21/2012, you wrote:


>I am designing an In-rack sprinkler system in an industrial building that has 
>4 existing Automatic Sprinkler Systems that are wet and configured as a grid. 
>They are  located directly under the collector grid main. Is there anything in 
>NFPA-13 that will not allow me to connect the in-rack supply from an adjoining 
>Sprinkler System. The in racks are double row racks and running parallel with 
>the grid lines, so when I calculate the ceiling sprinklers directly above the 
>racks and calculate the in racks sprinklers, I will be flowing from two 
>different risers, if so would I still need to balance the two? It is 
>economically advantageous not to connect at the base of the riser or to the 
>Supply main of the directly overhead system.
>
>Thank You, 
>
>George Medina Jr. 
>
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