I've seen the AHJ require a wet system (run between bottom of truss and drop ceiling) for ceiling sprinklers and a dry system in attic.
That may be what he was trying to require. Travis Mack, SET MFP Design, LLC Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Steve Mackinnon <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is exactly the situation. I have combustible construction (attic) and > office space below the hung ceiling. Due to the attic space not being heated, > I'm forced to protect the building with a dry system. > > Thanks for the input guys! I thought I was missing something in the standard. > > Steven MacKinnon > Fire Protection Division > Hartcorn Plumbing and Heating, Inc. > 850 South Second Street > Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 > Office 631-580-2300 Fax - 631-580-1090 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cahill, > Christopher > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 10:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: no dry type sprinkler systems allowed in light hazard > applications > > There is an annex section discouraging dry in warm rooms. Now I'd bet very > few areas are cold and light hazard. Well except attics. Ask how one does an > attic. I wonder if they are linking cold is not light usually. It's annex so > don't think I'm agreeing just thinking of something out of the box. > > > Chris Cahill > Fire Protection Engineer > Burns & McDonnell > 952-656-3652 > [email protected] > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Reed A. Roisum, C.E.T." > Date:02/21/2014 10:11 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: no dry type sprinkler systems allowed in light hazard > applications > > Better ask the AHJ for chapter and verse on that one cuz I'm pretty sure that > is not in there. > > Reed A. Roisum, C.E.T. | Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. | Fire Protection > Designer | Fargo, ND | direct: 701.552.9903 | mobile: 701.388.1352 | > http://www.kfiengineers.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve > Mackinnon > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 9:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: no dry type sprinkler systems allowed in light hazard applications > > Good morning all, > > I have a Local AHJ that is saying in NFPA 13, 2007 edition it states that dry > systems are not allowed in light hazard applications, does anyone have an > idea of where this is located?? I've looked through the standard a few times > and can't put my finger on anything close. > > Thanks in advance > > Steven > > Steven MacKinnon > Fire Protection Division > Hartcorn Plumbing and Heating, Inc. > 850 South Second Street > Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 > Office 631-580-2300 Fax - 631-580-1090 > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
