That would be a tough sale to a literal AHJ since you said Sales Counter in the area. The reality is that mercantile is one of the few places that 13 does NOT base the classification on actual contents but on what MAY be there in the future. This must have been done due to the high rate of changes in typical stores. As such, it you have a steel ball bearing manufacture that also sells their product in a building out front, the metal 4 ft shelves with nothing but metal boxes with steel ball bearings would be an OH design. Now I may be out in right field (I’ll leave the left field for congress), but I’d be whipping out my PE and having a discussion about the why’s and what’s along with some kind of assurance that any changes will actually be evaluated beforehand and sprinkler modifications made if needed like the IFC requires but no one does.
So - how well do you dance? Roland Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives Dallas, TX http://www.firesprinkler.org <http://www.firesprinkler.org/> > On Apr 30, 2015, at 9:10 AM, Todd - Work <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am working on a project where the customer is constructing a small showroom > to display electrical fixtures and similar products. Approximately 60% of the > space will have these displays and the other 40% will be sales counter. Their > "store" is located in the another part of the building so there will not be > any aisles with parts, etc in this space. Would this space be considered > mercantile? > > Unfortunately we have a marginal water supply, are at the diagonal opposite > side of the facility from the riser and have a dry system with no option of > converting to wet. Consequently, I can't get OH2 to work hydraulically. > > Thoughts? > > > > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > 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
