I get you. Not knowing anything about the building but the construction type and the height of this space, I don't have much to say. You can be sure though, that the sprinklers will not operate until temperatures at the roof/ceiling are high enough. By that time the fire would have to be pretty intense. You say it is a light hazard occupancy. It would take a rapidly growing fire to set off the sprinklers before occupants have a chance to evacuate. Again, if there is a real reason to be concerned about fire life safety, it will take some other means to mitigate the situation. Ed
Richard Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ed, I mispoke concerning my comment about "life safety". What I meant was we are trying to protect the building so the people that are in the structure can get out. I just have never worked with this tall a building and wondered how sprinklers react or if there is criteria that I am missing (2002 version of 13). On Jan 17, 2008 4:45 PM, Ed Vining wrote: > You're not missing anything. The person specifying, designing, requiring > this in the name of life safety is missing a sense of reality. > > The system will protect the steel at the top, and to some extent the > steel walls. > > I guess to some extent it might protect firefighters. > > If there is a life safety issue, the specifier, designer, requirer should > look for another code complying mitigation. > > Richard Lindner wrote: > How effective are sprinklers located at a ceiling of a 70' high building? > The building is metal construction, nothing is really capable of burning. > Designing for light hazard. Sprinklers are being provided mainly for life > safety. What am I missing (ie it doesn't feel like its going to work). > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > > > Ed Vining > 4819 John Muir Rd > Martinez CA 94553 > 925-228-8792 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) Ed Vining 4819 John Muir Rd Martinez CA 94553 925-228-8792 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
