Ed, I don't remember who, but once upon a time I learned in a seminar that the way to approach this is to calc 1500 sq ft in the vicinity of the opening, and then apply the reduction elsewhere.
Bob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Kramer Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: QR design area reduction I've got a light hazard dining area with a 10'-6" ceiling which meets all the criteria for reducing the design area down to 912 sf. Well, almost all the criteria. There is one small 'atrium' with a 23' ceiling height. The 'atrium' is only 6' x 11' and is protected by 1 sprinkler. Am I allowed to reduce the design area based on the 10'-6" ceiling height, or must I calculate a full 1,500 sf? Or more generically, how small must an area of higher ceiling be in order to ignore it when applying section 11.2.3.2.3? Opinions? Ed Kramer Littleton, CO _______________________________________________ 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)
