Thanks for the input.
Thank you, Bob Knight, CET III Fire by Knight, LLC 208-318-3057 -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Davidson via Sprinklerforum Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 3:09 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: Jim Davidson Subject: RE: Tire Carousel You will need the tire carousel manufacturers construction drawings since most of the ones that I have come across have enclosed on the top and all four sides. You will have obstructions from the movable tire storage shelves/levels located at the highest level of the carousel, you have to locate the sprinkler piping within the carousel so as not to effect the movement of the storage system shelve/levels. You might want to suggest that the carousel be enclosed in a one hour FR construction to limit the area of operation solely to the area of the carousel, and not the entire parts department storage area or any other area open to the carousel storage system. Not providing a fire rated enclosure around the tire carousel storage system has caused the facility's water supply demand to increase in such a manner to require an increase in the facility's water supply main and require the addition of a fire pump To provide a water supply to handle the sprinkler protection density and area of operation for the protection of rack storage of tires on tread. Be careful when working with this storage system most architects do not look at separating the carousel tire storage from the compartment they are housed in. This results in the entire compartment having to be designed for the extremely high sprinkler density over the area of operation (usually the entire parts department or service department. Have a fire safe and healthy day! Regards, Jim Davidson -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bob Knight via Sprinklerforum Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 1:07 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Bob Knight <[email protected]> Subject: Tire Carousel I've been having email issues the last two days, so I'll try this again: Would a tire carousel be considered a fixed rack without solid shelves when choosing ESFR options from Table 18.4(d), 2016 ed. Thank you, Bob Knight, CET III Fire by Knight, LLC 208-318-3057 _______________________________________________ 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
