I know you're just quoting but do you know how they expect this head to go off? I believe closed head water spray systems per 15 anticipate a big fire. Such a fire on a deck isn't going to have much effect on that kind of fire not to mention that if a deck fire is big enough to set off a head in free air we're way beyond life safety systems and four head calcs.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Dave Phelan <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the delay in responding to this thread but it's been one of those > 14 day weeks .. > > > > Just wanted to add some support to the exterior deck protection discussion > and also add to the top floor - nothing above so why put a head there idea > .... > > > > The link below is a final Committee Interpretation issued by the ICC Fire > Code Committee on this topic of 13-R and exterior deck protection and they > also weighed in on the thought of nothing above .. and indicate that the > top floor head over an exterior balcony REQUIRES protection. I point that > the section requires exterior balconies and decks to have protection and > does not provide for any exception to top floor or uncovered balconies. > > > > Just adding my fuel to the fire as it were .. > > > > http://www2.iccsafe.org/cs/committeeArea/pdf_file/FI_03_32_06.pdf > > > > Dave P. > > An AHJ in NJ & Member IFC Interp. Committee > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman at home.... _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
