This is a fairly ornate house from the late 1800s that is being converted to a B&B. The CT FIre Safety Code eliminates most requirements for sprinklers in B&Bs (good lobby effort), but since they want to use the 3rd floor with the open stair tower, some additional protection is being required.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Aug 24, 2014, at 6:50 AM, Brad Casterline <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would I suppose Todd, because I can, but I am curious; > > This is a new installation in a building with a stair tower, yet it is a > limited Area System? > > If it is not too proprietary, will you paint a bigger picture? > > Thanks, Brad. > > > >> On Aug 20, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Todd - Work <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am working on a project where they are installing a limited area system >> per NFPA 101. The section calls for all of the heads within the compartment >> to be included in the calculation. Does that apply if the compartment is a >> stair tower and there are sprinklers on multiple levels? Would you calculate >> all heads within the tower? >> >> Todd G Williams, PE >> Fire Protection Design/Consulting >> Stonington, CT >> www.fpdc.com >> 860-535-2080 (ofc) >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
