Another thought and position that we have presented is that the 3,000 sf remote area should not apply to SMALL unprotected, combustible concealed spaces. As discussed in the Sprinkler Handbook, the intent is to accommodate the additional demand created by fire breaking out of the concealed space in multiple areas. If ALL the potential break- outs are well within the initial size of the remote area, what is gained by increasing the size? The committee has not addressed this issue so it can not be considered to be anything but a personal opinion. As should go without saying, such ambiguous issue must be discussed with the AHJ before assuming bids, installation etc can be based upon it.
Roland On Jul 24, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Dewayne Martinez wrote: > I have a question for the forum after reading Roland's comments from > the > archive. > > "The reason this issue was addressed is that the prior edition simply > said Buildings With an Unprotected Concealed Space shall have a 3000 > sf Remote Area. So if you have a 12 story building with ONE such > space only on the first floor, the 12th floor still had to have a > 3000 sf remote area. > > It was changed to say adjacent. It doesn't say HORIZONTALLY so it > includes the floor above. > > The issue of the office within a warehouse was not discussed (and > guessing where a group of 30 votes will land is often an exercise in > futility) but I would think it is still applicable. Keep in mind > that the area above the office is at a lower density than the rest of > the warehouse (except for the 15 ft overlap) > > Roland" > > If I have a small mezzanine (900sf) which qualifies for the 3000 SF > design area increase would I > A) Provide one calc below the mezzanine for the entire 900 SF and then > another calc directly above > in the overhead system at 3000 SF remote area? > B) Provide one calc with a 3000 SF remote area containing the 900 SF > under the mezz and picking up the remainder > off the adjacent overhead system? > > Thanks, > > Dewayne Martinez > Design Build Fire Protection > New Berlin, WI > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: techsupp...@firesprinkler.org > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org > (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: techsupp...@firesprinkler.org To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
