Wow! So much for life safety? Does the AHJ have a reason for this?

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> On Dec 5, 2013, at 12:11 PM, "Richard Mote" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I guess I will have to show my ignorance, I can count on one hand the number 
> of 13D systems I have designed in the last 10 years. This project is a 13D 
> single family custom home with a basement of 2746 sq. ft. the AHJ is 
> requiring that the basement be sprinklered, but he isn't requiring the rest 
> of the house to have sprinklers. Since this would normally be part of a 13D 
> system do I just do a 2 head calculation and call it done? Or do I calculate 
> a 900 sq. ft. area, per 13. (It does meet all the criteria for area 
> reduction) My thinking is that even though the basement could be protected 
> per 13D if the entire house was covered, since this is a special requirement 
> by the AHJ I should calculate per 13. BTW the 2007 codes are the applicable 
> standards at this time. The owner is going to have to install tanks and a 
> pump so the difference in demand is a big deal.
> 
> 
> Richard L. Mote CET
> Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc.
> 7994 Route 522, Suite 1
> PO Box 407
> Middleburg, PA 17842
> P 570-837-7647
> F 570-837-6335
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