I think you are being too liberal on that interpretation. Not many AHJs accused of that - lol. Back to point, the number of stories for type construction etc is measured from the horizontal separation but the building height (which limits the use of 13R) is measured to grade (510.2.6 - 2015 ed).
Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives Dallas, TX http://www.firesprinkler.org <http://www.firesprinkler.org/> > On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:49 PM, John Drucker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steve, NFPA handed them the weapon, 13R.... > > As for IRC I subscribe to the life safety part (13D/P2904) for dwellings, hey > its you're home. > > But multiple dwellings on pedestals where we start counting stories at the > pedestal ?, wood frame 5 stories up ?, and then not fully sprinklered > ?.....13R ? > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
