I seem to recall that the 8" lintel and 8' opening was language that was originally intended to better define application of the small room rule.
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 3, 2013, at 11:33 AM, "rongreenman ." <[email protected]> wrote: > Door frame, not door, so that implies the hole does not need a door. > > 3.3.1 says to me that if the opening into the shower is equal to or less > than three feet it doesn't even need the lintel to be a compartment and as > long as it is less than eight feet a lintel 8" or more deep suffices to > create a separate compartment. > > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Todd - Work <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lintel, n. The horizontal beam that forms the upper part of a window or >> door frame and supports part of the structure above it. (from the Latin >> limitaris) >> >> - American Heritage Dictionary >> >> Todd G Williams, PE >> Fire Protection Design/Consulting >> Stonington, CT >> www.fpdc.com >> >> On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Roland Huggins <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> But the design is not compartment driven so how does that imply two >> compartments? Actually, it's to stop the rearward discharge from wetting >> the other sprinkler. >>> >>> Roland >>> >>> Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering >>> American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives >>> Dallas, TX >>> http://www.firesprinkler.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 3, 2013, at 6:33 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> 13 (2013) 8.7.3.1.4 seems to support the lintel as a beam. >>>> >>>> 8.7.3.1.4 Sidewall spray sprinklers shall not be installed >> back-to-back without being separated by a continuous lintel or soffit. >>>> >>>> Ron F >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > -- > Ron Greenman > Instructor > Fire Protection Engineering Technology > Bates Technical College > 1101 So. Yakima Ave. > Tacoma, WA 98405 > > [email protected] > > http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ > > 253.680.7346 > 253.576.9700 (cell) > > Member: > ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC > > They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, > essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) > _______________________________________________ > 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
