I have a predesigned system for an assisted living facility, 2- stories, 40.000 sq ft, combustible construction, no attic areas, modular construction ie: 2 hour seperation walls between units as well as 2 hr ceiling, 30 minute self closing doors etc: whereas we installed the lines in the factory.....each unit faces a common hallway, thus two heads in bedroom and then kitchen, open hall and then reverse unit (2 heads) or living room dining room, my prob is the E.O.R. only performed a 2 head calc., now..... I have a corridor (5 head calc) and dining area of 840 sq ft with no opening protection thus requiring the additional heads in a calc.....right?? The 1" system seems inadaquite, plus the 4" fire line and "Silver Bullet" backflow have been reduced to a 2" line with a watts 709 .....I have serious issues signing off on this...any help...oh yeah it's in NJ What are my responsibilities? Alert the AHJ, the contractor has already snubbed me, "they designed it with the info avaiable"....helpless in PA _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
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