No takers? Anybody home?
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Greg McGahan <[email protected]> wrote: > Scenario - a 2 story building > > There is a vertical tire carousel that goes through a mezzanine – hole > sized at 6’-4 x approx. 17’ which sits in the corner of the storage area > (general car parts) – to the 2nd floor. – The entire height of the > carousel is 18-7” from the ground level. > > If we were to place a row of sprinklers along the wall (nothing above > them all the way to the 2nd floor ceiling) and then on the opposite side > under the mezzanine, could we in effect comply with NFPA #13 2007 ed - > Table 18.4(a) (6) - for one row of in rack sprinklers so we could calculate > the system on the 2nd floor at .40 gpm? > > This is a strange deal to me because it would seem like overkill to have a > .90 density to protect such a small area and then increase it by 15’-0 on > the 2 sides as required. > > Thanks for your help > > > -- > Greg McGahan > Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> > 1160 McKenzie Road > Cantonment, FL 32533 > 850-937-1850 > fax 850-937-1852 > -- Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 fax 850-937-1852 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
