It's a tough call without seeming the drawing and/or visiting the building. Without NFPA 13 (or other technical source) guidance, it comes down to engineering judgement. Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860-535-2080 (tel:860-535-2080) (ofc) 860-553-3553 (tel:860-553-3553) (fax) 860-608-4559 (tel:860-608-4559) (cell)
> > On Feb 7, 2018 at 6:27 PM, <David Bitton > (mailto:dbit...@questlosscontrol.com)> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I have a very tall but narrow church steeple to protect. At the peak, > there is a single sprinkler head, with the lower levels having between 2 and > 4 sprinklers at each level. I am having a problem determining the heads to > include in my design area. The levels are not closed off from each other, > so I think that restricting the calculations to one level would not be > conservative enough. I have not found any guidance in NFPA 13. > > > > > > > > I would appreciate your thoughts about this issue. > > > > > > > > David Bitton, ing./Eng. > > > > Quest Loss Control Services Inc. > > > > Les services de prévention des sinistres Quest > > > > 5100, rue de la Savane, bureau 200 > > > > Montréal, Québec > > > > H4P 1T8 > > > > (514) 341-4545 > > > > www.questlosscontrol.com (http://www.questlosscontrol.com/) > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org >
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