Yeah Ron. When will that happen? Any day like any day we'll adopt the metric system? I think the next time an AHJ tells me the state code adopted version of the IBC is the code, and the referenced version of 13 in that code is just a standard I'm going to revert to a younger version of me and there will be a set of bloody knuckles and a bloody nose. You can decide who's sporting what.
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Brad Casterline <bcasterl...@fsc-inc.com>wrote: > fill it (nearly) full of non-comb insulation and tell everyone to have a > nice day :) (that still works, right? the insulation i mean) > > -----Original Message----- > From: rfletc...@aerofire.com [mailto:rfletc...@aerofire.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 1:51 PM > To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > Subject: RE: Combustible Concealed Space > > It's another case of Architects designing buildings that don't comply with > NFPA #13s' construction requirements. When will they learn that NFPA 13 is > building code as well as a sprinkler system installation standard? > > Ron Fletcher > Aero Phoenix > > -----Original Message----- > From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org > [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of A.P.Silva > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:35 AM > To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > Subject: Combustible Concealed Space > > I have a combustible concealed space above the main floor of a two storey > building that is required to be sprinklered. This space is 16" deep and > consists of open web trusses spaced 16" on-centre. The webs are made of > 2x4's, causing considerable obstructions. This space qualifies for the use > of heads listed for this use. > > My questions/dilemmas are as following: > > (1) There is no feasible possibility to avoid obstructions. Any comments? > (2) As far as I know, the CC heads are only made by TYCO and they are not > ULC listed. I'm in a Canadian jurisdiction. So can I say there is no listed > head (as the building code validates only ULC listings) and use standard > heads? > (3) If I use CC heads, can I use exposed blazemaster piping (subject to the > restrictions of course)? The problem is exposed blazemaster piping is > allowed only in its UL listing and not in ULC. So just going around in > circles. > > Thanks for any comments. > > Tony > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 rgreen...@bates.ctc.edu http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20121218/c7c783e2/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
