What cliff said.  You use the perpendicular dimension and apply the regular SxL 
rule.

Roland


Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering
American Fire Sprinkler Assn.       ---      Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives
Dallas, TX
http://www.firesprinkler.org





On Mar 20, 2014, at 11:09 AM, Jeremy Frazier <[email protected]> wrote:

> According to NFPA 13 2007 8.6.3.2.3, In a situation with angled and
> irregular walls, you are allowed to go 75% of the maximum distance between
> sprinklers provided the maximum perpendicular distance is not exceeded.  My
> question is how do you actually figure the square footage required to do a
> calculation?  For instance, if you look at the diagram in the appendix ,
> what would be the square footage of that sprinkler? 
> 
> Would it be (2 x 7'6) x (2 x 11.25)?   Or (2 x 7'-6") x (11.25' x 1.333)
> or just (2 x 7'6) x (2 x 7'6)?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeremy Frazier
> 
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