Just out of curiosity, what is the Class I product they are storing solid piled to 24'?
At 12:17 PM 4/10/2009, you wrote: >Sorry, storage hight is 24'-0 which would give me 130% per >14.2.4.3. My concern is the 38'-0" of open space to the roof. What >if the roof was 100ft. high? > > Daniel L. Merkle, CET > > > > > > >________________________________ >From: Thom McMahon <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:46:19 AM >Subject: RE: Storage Sprinkler > >This is another "Outside the scope of NFPA 13" Situations. Obviously input >from the sprinkler MFG.'s is good but they will be reluctant to take any >design responsibility for conditions not defined by NFPA 13, or confirmed by >testing. Time to hire a "Good" FPE. > >Even if you just look at Fig. 14.2.4.3, you'll see for 35 foot height you'd >need over 200% design density if the graph even went that high. Then you >have the additional problem of delayed response for the ceiling height >outside of the scope. How do you allow for that? 2x or 3x the design area? >You may even be looking at something other than "Control Mode" protection. >Deluge? HE Foam? IR detection? > >Time for professional help outside of the "proscriptive Standard". > >Thom McMahon, SET >Firetech, Inc. >2560 Copper Ridge Dr >P.O. Box 882136 >Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 >Tel: 970-879-7952 >Fax: 970-879-7926 > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Merkle >Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:06 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Storage Sprinkler > >Anyone know of a storage sprinkler to protect a 62'-0" high building with >solid pile Class 1 storage, stored to 36'-0"? > >Daniel L. Merkle, CET > > > >_______________________________________________ >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) > >_______________________________________________ >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) > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut www.fpdc.com 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ 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)
