All: Seems pretty "black and white" to me - CPVC can be installed in areas that do NOT require sprinkler protection in the attic/interstitial areas... Regards to All- Jerry [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Jerry D. Watts, SFPE President & Co-Founder ACCENT FIRE ENGINEERING INT'L. Ltd.* Santa Fe, New Mexico USA (800) 503.1961 nationwide *Licensed Architects - Fire Protection Engineers/Inspectors/Fire Investigators: AZ CA CO NM NV NY TX UT KS MD MS In a message dated 5/20/2015 9:43:08 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Agreed Travis Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 fax 850-937-1852 On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Travis Mack, SET <[email protected]> wrote: > A general rule of thumb is you can run CPVC anywhere sprinklers are not > required. If you want to run CPVC in an area where sprinklers are > required, you have to use sprinklers that are specially listed to allow > CPVC in those spaces. > > If you had an office building that was framed in steel, then you could use > CPVC. > > Your case is very similar. You want to run the piping in a > non-combustible area and supply pendent sprinklers in the ceilings. I don't > believe that violates any listings of the CPVC piping. > > Travis Mack, SET > MFP Design, LLC > 2508 E Lodgepole Drive > Gilbert, AZ 85298 > 480-505-9271 > fax: 866-430-6107 > email:[email protected] > > http://www.mfpdesign.com > https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFP-Design-LLC/92218417692 > Send large files to us via: https://www.hightail.com/u/MFPDesign > > > On 5/20/2015 8:38 AM, Sean Lockyer wrote: > >> I have an interesting question to ask of everyone here. I am being asked >> to install an NFPA 13, non-residential sprinkler system in a small, new >> building that will be constructed with wood. However, the wood trusses will >> consist of fire rated lumber with a flamespread rating of less than 25, >> which will not require sprinkler protection since they would considered to >> then be non-combustible, or at the worst, limited combustible. >> >> With that being said, could you then install CPVC piping in these >> concealed areas without also having to use the specially listed concealed >> sprinklers (such as the CC1, CC2, HIP, BB1, etc.) heads that Tyco makes ? >> >> Remember, you can only install CPVC in an attic or a combustible >> concealed space if you also use those specially listed heads but if the >> area is technically not combustible I would say that you could use CPVC >> just like if you were using CPVC above an gyp board ceiling in an office >> for example - if you take the listing literally. >> >> What does everyone else think ? >> >> >> Sean Lockyer >> Project Designer 4617 >> Parkbreeze Court >> Cell 386-279-1197 >> Orlando, Florida 32808 >> [email protected] Phone: >> 407-816-9101 >> www.AITLifeSafety.com Fax: >> 407-816-9104 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
