The building was built around 1900. There are still some sprinkler of that vintage installed (I wonder if they were grandfathered?) Considering they did not have plastic tubes for foot creme 110 years ago, I would guess the occupancy has changed.
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]> wrote: > When was it built? Does it meet the pipe schedule for then? Has it > changed use? Is there a local ordinance requiring upgrade for this > reason? > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think I have this one, but could use a little more ammo. I walked through >> an old mill building this morning with an old OH pipe schedule system. (They >> want to convert from wet to dry). In the building, they have some 8 ft >> storage of a Group A plastics in cardboard cartons and well as 2 piles of >> idle pallets to 8 ft. The owner is claiming that the pipe schedule is >> grandfathered and the system does not need to meet the hydraulic criteria. I >> disagree and am basing most of my argument on the water supply requirements >> in 11.2.2 (NFPA 13, 2002 edition). Any other thoughts? >> >> Todd G. Williams, PE >> Fire Protection Design/Consulting >> Stonington, CT >> 860.535.2080 >> www.fpdc.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > 1101 So. Yakima Ave. > Tacoma, WA > > 253.680.7346 > > Member: > AFSA, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, NFSA, AFAA, ASEE, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC > > They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis > Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) > _______________________________________________ > 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)
