In reply to Travis,

As reviewer/inspector I’ve been involved with common 8 head system that had as 
largest I.D. 2 1/2” UG. 

Best.

Bruce 

> On Apr 23, 2019, at 09:11, Roland Huggins <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> There is also the option to have a remote area with different hazard 
> classifications within it (and the size of it is predicated upon whether 
> there are walls around the smaller, higher hazard portion).  Look at A.11.1.2.
> 
> 
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>> On Apr 23, 2019, at 8:55 AM, Travis Mack, SET, CFPS, CWBSP, RME-G 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I’ve run into a few AHJs that have specifically thrown this section to us 
>> for paint booths.  We also had this thrown at us on a tire carousel storage. 
>>  This caused total havoc on the projects.
>>  
>> The paint booth was in an existing facility designed to OH2.  They paint 
>> booth had 6 sprinklers.  We had to run a 6” bulk across the facility to get 
>> this paint booth.  It seems like overkill, but following that section as it 
>> is written, we had to flow 800 gpm for the area. 
>>  
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>> From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> On 
>> Behalf Of Bruce Verhei
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 8:17 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Intent of 23.4.4.2.5
>>  
>> I read it as Ed notes. As well other example of paint spray booth I’d 
>> question too. Paint spray booths can have sprinkler protection in an 
>> otherwise unsprinklerd building. They’d all be dry chem total flood if we 
>> drove an underground sized up that much. Just the cost of larger DDCVA would 
>> be a big impact.
>>  
>> Best.
>>  
>> Bruce Verhei 
>> 
>>> On Apr 23, 2019, at 08:01, Ed Kramer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Steve, you don’t mention the edition of 13 you’re working with, but I’m 
>>> looking in the ’16.
>>>  
>>> 23.4.4.2.5  is a sub-section of 23.4.4.2 “Density/Area Method”.  The 
>>> section above that is 23.4.4.1.1 “Room Design Method”.  I don’t see any 
>>> similar requirement in that section.  I’d argue that 23.4.4.2.5 doesn’t 
>>> apply to the room design method.  But some days I just feel like arguing.  J
>>>  
>>> Ed K
>>> Bamford Fire
>>>  
>>> From: Sprinklerforum 
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Prahl, 
>>> Craig/GVL
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 7:33 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: RE: Intent of 23.4.4.2.5
>>>  
>>> I feel your pain.  This additional flow rate added to a small room has 
>>> never made any sense and I’d love to understand the logic of being forced 
>>> to flow 1,950 gpm into a room that is only required to deliver 150 gpm.   
>>>  
>>> Is there any actual benefit to this exercise?  
>>>  
>>> It’s amazing how buildings were assumed adequately protected when all that 
>>> was used was the pipe schedule method.  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Craig Prahl | Jacobs | Group Lead – Fire Protection | 864.676.5252 | 
>>> [email protected] | www.jacobs.com
>>> 1041 East Butler Road   Greenville, South Carolina  29606
>>>  
>>> From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> On 
>>> Behalf Of Steve Leyton
>>> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 6:19 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Intent of 23.4.4.2.5
>>>  
>>> We have a building with fire rated and secure compartments that are less 
>>> than the NFPA 13 minimum design areas so we have calculated those areas 
>>> using the room design method where the compartments comply.   Two are fire 
>>> protected with preaction sprinklers and 23.4.4.2.5 seems to imply that 
>>> where a design area is flowing less than what the density would be across 
>>> the minimum required design area, then a “kicker” needs to be added to 
>>> raise the flow rate to that figure.   Since we’re in Light Hazard and the 
>>> design area is only about 1,000 sq. ft., we’re flowing about 150 GPM.    
>>> But they’re coming after us for 1,500 x 1.3 = 1,950 saying the required 
>>> flow rate is 195.   If it’s LH, we can downward adjust and the demand drops 
>>> to 117 which we satisfy.   In all my years I’ve never had this section 
>>> thrown at us so could use any help or opinion regarding exactly how this 
>>> section should be applied.
>>>  
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