This is supposed to be above our pay grade, but yeah. Unless the owner wants to go through all the trouble of installing rated building separations that would allow a 13R structure to sit on a 13 structure, the entire building is 13.
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 > -- Nick Maneen Estimator 409 W Central Ave Asheboro, NC 27203 P 336-625-2304 F 336-625-4649 C 704-791-7789 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
