OK so if I use upright sprinklers, since there is not a listed residential 
upright (that I am aware of) do I do a 2 head calculation at .05 over the 
coverage area or .10 using QR upright sprinklers?  I guess my trepidation comes 
from the fact that this is a large open area, it doesn't really have the 
compartmentalization  that is typical of a 13D system. 2 heads just doesn't 
seem adequate, but that's just me. 


Richard L. Mote
Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc.
7994 Route 522, Suite 1
PO Box 407
Middleburg, PA 17842
P 570-837-7647
F 570-837-6335

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Young
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 3:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: NFPA 13D or 13?

Yes, you do it per 13d. Also check out the 2012 version of the irc, section 
p2904.
On Dec 5, 2013 3:36 PM, "Triolo, Joe" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes,  we have used it in town on a few instances and ask for 13D 
> System
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Travis 
> Mack
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 3:33 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: NFPA 13D or 13?
>
> Does NFPA 1 apply to a single family residence?
>
> Travis Mack, SET
> MFP Design, LLC
> 2508 E Lodgepole Drive
> Gilbert, AZ 85298
> 480-505-9271
> fax: 866-430-6107
> email:[email protected]
>
> On 12/5/2013 1:31 PM, Triolo, Joe wrote:
> > In NFPA-1 Section 13.3.2.2   requires that Basements exceeding 2500 ft2
> (232 m2) in new buildings shall be protected throughout by an approved 
> automatic sprinkler system.  Thanks
> >
> > Inspector Joe Triolo
> > Hudson Fire Prevention
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> > Todd Letterman
> > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 3:15 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: NFPA 13D or 13?
> >
> > Wow! So much for life safety? Does the AHJ have a reason for this?
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> 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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