Possibly a Andy Rooney Sprinkler Man? "Have you ever noticed when you're going for a C of O, the inspector will find something wrong? It never matters if you can point to it in the book, you're still wrong. It's like this pair of socks I have, I never remember to throw them out. They find their way back into my drawer, and I end up putting them on only to find my toe sticking out of a hole. Now you may ask your self, Andy, why don't you just take them back off and put on a new pair? but see, that would require me to admit that I shouldn't have put them on in the first place, and i'm just not going to do that."
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Ed Kramer <[email protected]> wrote: > If you've been wrong all these years, so have I. > > Ed Kramer > Lawrence, KS > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jamie Seidl > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 3:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: NFPA 13 2010 - 8.6.5.2.1.3 > > I have a large renovation project we've been wrapping up. Due to over head > duct obstructions, we had some sprinklers located about 30" away from > columns. the next sprinkler was on the other side of the column, 14'-0" > away from the first. The fire inspector noted that we would need to add > sprinklers on the other side of the column since we couldn't meet the 3 > times rule, and if we did, it would still be too far from the other > sprinkler that was 11'-6" away from the side of the column. I mentioned it > to him and his boss that the 8.6.5.2.1.3 rule was up to a maximum of 24" > away from the column, at that point the column was no longer an > obstruction, > and NFPA considered this adequate coverage. He initially agreed with me > yesterday, but we were shot down for a C.O. today because we didn't add the > sprinklers on the opposite side of the column. Normally, I would have > argued the point, but the GC just want's his CO, so he's paying for the > heads. Needless to say, I now look like I don't know what i'm talking about > in the eyes of the owners rep and contractor. > Have I had 8.6.5.2.1.3 wrong all these years? I always thought that 24" > away meant no problem, move on to the next. > Jamie Seidl > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- \ \ (o> -- If life were easy... \ \_/ /) It'd be called your mom... \_/_) _|_ _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
