I'll challenge this occupancy as mercantile. The trade or merchant in the mercantile definition is correct. Outside of a couple of shelves with water-based hair products, there is little product so I would say the merchant definition (specifically buying or selling of goods) is at best marginally applicable. Definition 1 of trade; skilled occupation. Definition number 2; the business of buying or selling commodities; commerce. Which definition of trade is applicable to the definition of mercantile? If definition 1 is accepted, then would professional offices (doctors, accountants, engineers, attorneys, etc - which could all classify and skilled occupations) fall under OH2 as well? In terms of a combustible loading, I would think that a beauty salon (not including storage closets) would be roughly the same as hospitals, nursing homes, etc.
At 11:49 AM 1/21/2010, you wrote: >I know it is mercantile by definition. It's just hard to believe that it >needs a .2 density 130 spacing when the room has nothing more then a few >stools, sinks, and misc can of hair spray. My office has more combustibles >then that. What sucks is that the layout has individual rooms VS large open >area and I can't apply small room rule. Head count in this space is insane. >Good thing that cost is being forwarded to the owner. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew J. >Willis >Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:37 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: Occupancy > > >Most all of the current/future tenants will probably be Mercantile, unless >an office or something comes up. > >Be careful of tenant areas in large buildings. You start renovating walls >/locations etc.., you could end up with a covered mall situation. > >R/ >Matt > >Matthew J. Willis, CET >Automatic Fire Sprinklers >Norred Fire Systems L.L.C. >318-387-1134 Voice >318-387-1163 Facsimile >[email protected] > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tom poisal >Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:30 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Occupancy > >keith def of ; Mercantile = trade or merchants, I believe a beauty/hair >salon fulfills that criteria. > >On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Keith Pepin < >[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am working on a project that doesn't have an Eng of Record. The building > > contains large individual shell spaces. The original sprinkler system was > > designed for a mercantile occupancy. A tenant has purchased a couple of > > spaces and is opening a beauty/hair salon. I don't see the fuel load as a > > normal mercantile occupancy would have. Light or ord. Please comment. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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]<to%3asprinklerforum-requ...@fire >sprinkler.org> > > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > > > > >-- >Tom Poisal >_______________________________________________ >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) > >_______________________________________________ >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) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut www.fpdc.com 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ 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)
