Can you change to ex cov sprinklers?  That may be the easiest of options and 
not have to fight or defend your choice.

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Subject: Corridor issue




I am doing a renovation of the main corridors in a multi-building complex. 
Standard response sprinklers for any new sprinklers to match the existing to 
remain. Hydraulic calculations are required. There are 2 section of corridor, 
about 35 ft each, that are 16 ft wide and will need two rows of sprinklers. 
Each section has 6 sprinklers as opposed to 3 if the space was 15 ft or less. 
These encompasses 70 ft out of the total 760 ft of corridor being renovated.



NFPA 13 (2016) gives design criteria for corridors with a single row of 
sprinklers. However, these two areas have 2 rows, so the calculations would now 
have to be the full 1500 square feet. That does seem like overkill.



Has anyone run into this before? How did they/would they handle it?



I have my recommendation, based on “engineering judgement” (which I will post 
later), but I want to see what others have done.



Todd G Williams, PE
Fire Protection Design/Consulting

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