Did a job once where is was claimed that a flow switch activation dictated which smoke zones would operate. Always figured it was crap but we got a change order to re-zone every time the smoke zones changed so we didn't argue. Fletch
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 13, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Travis Mack, SET <[email protected]> wrote: > > It doesn't. I was just hoping there wasn't some strange reference in the > I-codes or NFPA 101 that requires the smoke, alarm and sprinkler zones to > follow the same footprint in an I-2 occupancy. This project currently has 3 > risers. It would go to 8 if we have to follow smoke zones as there are 8 > smoke compartments. Also, this was originally a loop system. That would > break so all of the pipe sizing would go up. It would just be a real > nightmare to adjust for something that I am hoping is not an obscure > reference. > > Travis Mack, SET > MFP Design, LLC > 2508 E Lodgepole Drive > Gilbert, AZ 85298 > 480-505-9271 > fax: 866-430-6107 > email:[email protected] > > http://www.mfpdesign.com > https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFP-Design-LLC/92218417692 > Send large files to us via: https://www.hightail.com/u/MFPDesign > LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travismack > >> On 4/13/2016 4:46 PM, Matthew J Willis wrote: >> Ok, first thing in the am, I am re reading 13 on where any of this applies >> to a sprinkler drawing.... >> >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Brad Casterline <[email protected]> >> Date: 04/13/2016 5:44 PM (GMT-07:00) >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Fire Sprinkler Plan to Match Evacuation Plan?? >> >> Just a heads-up Travis, >> It might go deeper than matching footprints- that is rarely a problem. >> A problem would be if the exhaust rate sizer used QR, 165F, at max 225 >> S.F., but you, being a 13 aficionado, installed QR, 200F, at 324 S.F. >> >> In a ~16 ft ceiling the exhaust rate would fall about 20,000 CFM short... >> >> ballpark figures, of course. >> >> Brad >> On Apr 13, 2016 5:42 PM, "Roland Huggins" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> There is a section in the IBC that tries to address the fact that fire >>> alarm zones and sprinklers zones are different sizes and that the larger >>> sprinkler zone is NOT limited to the size of the fire alarm zone. See >>> section 907.6.4 >>> >>> 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 13, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Travis Mack, SET <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> I have a reviewer stating that the fire sprinkler plan has to match the >>> evacuation plan and the smoke zones of the fire alarm plan. This is an I-2 >>> Occupancy. Has anyone ever come across this? After 3 weeks in plan >>> review, he kicked it back saying he can't review until we provide this >>> information. It is the first time I have ever heard of this. >>>> Travis Mack, SET >>>> MFP Design, LLC >>>> 2508 E Lodgepole Drive >>>> Gilbert, AZ 85298 >>>> 480-505-9271 >>>> fax: 866-430-6107 >>>> email:[email protected] >>>> >>>> http://www.mfpdesign.com >>>> https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFP-Design-LLC/92218417692 >>>> Send large files to us via: https://www.hightail.com/u/MFPDesign >>>> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travismack >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
