Kyle, No, the 4 floors combined are over 52,000. We will make sure that we meet the water delivery requirements.
Thanks for the input, Ben Benjamin Young On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Kyle.Montgomery <[email protected]> wrote: > Are the 4 floors combined less than 52,000 sq. ft.? Or are they just > individually less than 52,000 sq. ft.? Are you pretty confident you can > meet the water delivery times with all four floors on one valve? > > > > *Kyle Montgomery* > > [image: cid:[email protected]] > > *Aero Automatic Sprinkler Co.* > > *21605 N. Central Ave.* > > *Phoenix, AZ 85024* > > *Direct: 623.580.7820 <(623)%20580-7820>* > > *Cell: 602.763.4736 <(602)%20763-4736>* > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > *From:* Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]. > org] *On Behalf Of *Ben Young > *Sent:* Monday, October 02, 2017 7:44 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] dry systems in parking garages exception > > > > NFPA 13, 2016 edition has what appears to be a new section, 8.2.4.4, that > allows one to disregard the requirements of 8.2.4 (control valves for each > floor in multi-story building) when doing dry pipe systems in parking > garages. > > > > The reason I say appears to be new, is because they relocated the control > valve requirements to 8.2.4 in 2016 from 8.16.1.5 in 2013, but the language > of 8.2.4.4 wasn't in that section in 2013. > > > > I mean, it makes sense since you can't have a FCVA on a dry pipe system, > but we're doing a 4-story parking garage under the 2013 edition and I'm > trying to make sure we're not going be slammed by the AHJ to provide 4 dry > valves! > > > > Can anyone let me know if the verbiage in 8.2.4.4 exists in editions of > NFPA 13 prior to the 2016 edition? > > > > Thanks, > > > Ben Young > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler. > org > >
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