we have a couple of these indoor soccer facilities with the ground up tires. No problem and we have yet to have a fire of any type in them. Consider the temperature that would be required to ignite the ground tire fragments which are similar in size to pee gravel. If you ignite them you have other more serious problems to consider.
Norm On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Chris Ellsworth <[email protected]> wrote: > We were contracted to do a few add/relocates on an existing concrete tee > construction facility. A flag was thrown up once we found out what was > being installed for this tenants flooring. They are using an astro turf > type field. The problem isn't with the turf itself. It has undergone > extensive testing to prove that it is not flammable. The problem is with > the inlay. They have used the type of inlay you would see on an outdoor > facility which is ground up tires. I have checked with the plant manager > who supplied their product and they do not use any type of a fire proofing > spray on the product. Essentially it is ground up tires. We have a deck > height of approximately 16 feet and it is double tee concrete construction. > The fire marshal and my concern is that the existing sprinkler system can > not handle this type of fire. I have already calced it and the best the > system could do is a .2/1500. This gives a 13 lb safety. Has anybody > dealt > with anything close to this on an indoor facility and should we be > concerned > with this inlay? Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > -- *If You See Something Suspicious.... Say Something! 1-866-HLS-TIPS.* Norman Arendt, CHS III, CMAS, PhD, CFEII President Infragard Madison Members Alliance Middleton Fire District Plan Reviewer and Investigator PCII and CVI Certified _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
