No small room rule in 13D that I'm aware of Mike.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Mike Cabral <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- 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
