Not to prolong this discussion, but... " Basement Storage in Multi-Residential: According to the Building ode the common storage area located in the basement of a Group R-2 multi-residential building such as apartments or condos would be a Group -1 occupancy which must be separated from the R-2 by one-hour fire barriers. While the R-2 may be protected by a 13R system, the S-1 must e protected by a full 13 system. "
Isn't it more accurate to say that given the S-1 occupancy in the basement, and R-2 on the floors above, the system is to be designed to NFPA 13R, with the storage areas getting their protection criteria from NFPA 13? The point being: you don't design a building to both NFPA 13 and 13R. It sounds like semantics, but it more than that because being part of a larger NFPA 13R building, that storage area does NOT necessitate all of the design requirements of NFPA 13. Mark A. Sornsin, PE| Fire Protection Engineer Ulteig Engineers, Inc.| Fargo, ND [email protected] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
