You can have a 13R system on the 2nd floor and a 13 system on the 1st floor if they are separated by a 3 hr rated separation. Otherwise, it would have to be 13 throughout.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:14 PM Thomas Reinhardt via Sprinklerforum < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone .Thanks for taking my question. I have a old commercial > building in town with a store front only two stories. The owner would like > to convert the second floor to apartment(R-2). We currently use the IFC > where section 903.2.8 relates that yes sprinklers shall be installed. My > question is then doesn't the entire building including the apartments shall > have a NFPA 13 system instead of just a 13R system on the second floor? > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > -- Kevin Hall, P.E., MSFPE Coordinator, Engineering and Technical Services American Fire Sprinkler Association _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
