That's the way I read it... R/
Matt Matthew J. Willis Living Water Fire Protection, LLC. 1160 McKenzie Rd. PO Box 877 Cantonment, FL. 32533 850-937-1850 Voice 850-937-1852 Facsimile [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- >-----Original Message----- ----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On ----- >Behalf Of Joe Burtell ----- >Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:41 PM ----- >To: [email protected] ----- >Subject: Column Protection ----- > ----- >16.1.4.1 Where sprinkler protection of building columns ----- >within the rack structure or vertical rack members ----- >supporting the building are installed in lieu of ----- >fireproofing, sprinkler protection in accordance with ----- >one of the following shall be provided: ----- > ----- >(1) Sidewall sprinklers at the 15 ft elevation, pointed ----- >toward one side of the steel Column ----- > ----- >(2) Provision of ceiling sprinkler density for a minimum ----- >of 2000 ft2 with ordinary 165_F or high-temperature ----- >286_F rated sprinklers as shown in Table ----- >16.1.4.1 for storage heights above 15 ft , up to and ----- >including 20 ft ----- > ----- >TABLE 16.1.4.1 Ceiling Sprinkler Densities for ----- >Protection of Steel Building Columns Aisle Width ----- >4 ft (1.2 m) 8 ft (2.4 m) ----- >Commodity ----- >Classification gpm/ft2 (L/min)/m2 gpm/ft2 (L/min)/m2 ----- >Class I 0.37 Class II 0.44 Class III 0.49 Class IV and ----- >Plastics 0.68 ----- > ----- >I am questioning option 2, it this saying if my overhead ----- >system is greater than the density and remote area size ----- >and 20 ft. or less in storage I do not need column protection? ----- > ----- >Best regards, ----- > ----- >Joe Burtell, SET, CFPS ----- >Burtell Fire Protection, Inc. ----- >Phone: 406.652.7697 ----- >Fax: 406.652.7743 ----- >Cell: 406.861.4507 ----- >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- >Web Site: http://www.burtellfire.com ----- > ----- > ----- >_______________________________________________ ----- >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)
