ALONG the pitch of the ceiling(s) that is inside the HORIZONTAL floor area IS one level. That’s why we have the section in 8.6.4.1.3 on steeply pitched ceiling
Roland Roland Huggins, PE - Senior VP Engineering American Fire Sprinkler Assn. Dallas, TX http://www.firesprinkler.org <http://www.firesprinkler.org/> Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives > On Feb 7, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Fpdcdesign <fpdcdes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 >> <mailto:Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org> >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org >> <http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org>_______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > <mailto:Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org> > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > <http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org>
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