It's always unfortunate there is not an easily accessible database that has definitions/descriptions of the rationale behind any given rule. For instance: why are residential heads required? I'd guess a couple of reasons. You want quick response in the typical residential application since we're worried about life safety as much as, if not more than, property protection and all residential heads are quick response. We also find combustible loading around the perimeter more in residential than in say ban office where the loading tends to be evenly distributed and that may a account for the flatter spray pattern. But that's a guess. I also guess that we use old style heads in fur vaults because the room itself (desiccated cedar) is as combustible as the contents. Since a sauna, particularly a dry one, is more like mini fur vault than a living room, and if my guess is correct, than maybe an old style head would be the most appropriate. High temp of course but would there really be the need for quick response (conscious person in a small room without partitions)? So it would be nice to be able to find out the reasons for the rules when you encounter a situation not addressed directly but similar to something else. And I'll bet that this house with a sauna and a steam room and (if the same house as the other post) an elevator is a little bigger than the committee was considering as appropriate for a13D but I can't know because there's no reasonable way to find out. And by the way, is this one of those sprinkler systems that are going to make the house too expensive for someone to buy?
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Greg McGahan <[email protected]> wrote: > You will be forced to go the 350-500 deg heads, period. > > Greg McGahan > Operations Manager > > Living Water Fire Protection > 1160 McKenzie Road > P.O. Box 877 > Cantonment, Florida 32533 > (850) 937.1850 | Fax (850) 937.1852 | Cell (850) 554.3231 > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Knight > Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 5:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: 13D Sauna/Steam Rooms > > I am working on a 13D that has a sauna and steam room. What temp sprinklers > should I use, and is it permissible to use QR instead of Residential? I'm > thinking that I will need high temp heads and residentials only go up to > 175F, at least the ones that I'm familiar with. > > Thanks, > > Bob Knight, CET > 1660 Hill Rd > Melba, Idaho 83641 > (208) 318-3057 > (208) 495-2057 fax > [email protected] > www.firebyknight.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.91/2363 - Release Date: 09/11/09 > 09:15:00 > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.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 > [email protected] > http://fireball.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 Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA Member: SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA, WSAFM _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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)
