And that is why NFPA 13 has a section on miscellaneous storage...
________________________________ From: Greg McGahan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:35 AM Subject: Re: Sleep on it! I agree - however - I disagree. I have been told on more than one occasion by an AHJ that if it enters a space and rests for 2 seconds, it is stored.......So I wish there was a formal definition of the word "Storage". I do know that in retails stores where the commodities sit in one place for months or years, they are stored there. Without a definitive word from 13, I have been at the mercy of the AHJ's interpretation and just do not want to get burned again. We just did a Mrecantile remodel where they added racks against a wall with rolled carpet and vinyl for sale on them - the AHJ considered that rack storage and I can't disagree because IF a fire broke out the, fire would not care if it was mercantile or storage. I know it may costs us work but ... Greg On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Johnson, Duane (NIH/OD/ORS) [C] < [email protected]> wrote: > Not necessarily conflicting. > > Mercantile areas can be OH2. > > Storage areas are per the storage chapters. Mattresses are Class III and > Group A. After going through the decision trees based on storage > arrangement, heights, etc., you can end up back to OH2. > > Duane Johnson, PE > Program Manager > Division of the Fire Marshal (Contractor) > Office of Research Services > National Institutes of Health > 301-496-0487 > > "Protecting Science - One Sprinkler at a Time" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vince Sabolik [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sleep on it! > > Good morning, and time's up and the answers are as conflicted as I thought. > > Being less than 12 ft I suppose ORD II would fit, but knowing what these > are made of .... > > At 05:58 PM 8/12/2013, you wrote: > >Hey forum -- > > > >Has anyone done a design for a small retail mattress store? > > > >Would Class III, Group A really apply? Not really storage... > > > >Thanks! > > > >Vince Sabolik, West Tech Fire Protection, Inc. > >11351 Pearl Road / Strongsville, Ohio 44136 440 > >238-4800 Fax 440 238-4876 > >____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Sprinklerforum mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkle > >r.org > > Vince Sabolik, West Tech Fire Protection, Inc. > 11351 Pearl Road / Strongsville, Ohio 44136 440 > 238-4800 Fax 440 238-4876 > ____________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > -- Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 fax 850-937-1852 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
