I'd agree. Maybe this strategy would work; a veteran FM field engineer looking at a round duct and the possible need for dropping a sprinkler under it: "Is the building going to burn down because of it, or the lack of it?" Since this particular duct was a short run above a corridor between Truckers Lounge and Bathrooms, with no potential storage and ESFRs above it throughout 1.1m SF, we did not need to add the sprinkler. What are you protecting? Inches of dust on concrete? Class II (gum wrappers) to 4" high under a 12" high "roof deck" ?
George L. Church, Jr., CET Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. PO Box 407, Middleburg, PA 17842 877-324-ROWE 570-837-6335 fax g...@rowesprinkler.com -----Original Message----- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of å... .... Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:41 AM To: SprinklerFORUM@firesprinkler.org Subject: Heads Under Duct I vote to not put sprinklers under this duct. I have 95% confidence that a fire will not overwhelm property or persons, given the limited information on the situation as described, i.e. sprinklers throughout at ceiling level regular inspection, testing and maintenance program for sprinklers no combustible liquids such that accumulation > 1 cm is possible no old, sick or young children are sleeping in the building Sincere thanks is extended for all the hard effort that Code framers offer us with the prescriptions they share; prescriptions make life easier. But prescriptions are not the best solution in every application. scot deal excelsior fire -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120620/63954b51/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
