Yeah, what Travis said. Everyone should remember that FDC configurations and sizing take into account the chance that there may be obstruction or damage to an inlet, so providing four is not based on hydraulics only. As for the pipe sizing … I have less energy about that and if it calc’s then it should be adequate. But (and as per my usual rap)...
IT’S UP TO THE AHJ. The foregoing is my opinion only and is not intended to represent the NFPA 14 Technical Committee, nor serve as an interpretation of the standard. Steve Leyton Protection Design & Consulting San Diego, CA From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MFP Design, LLC Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 12:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: FDC sizing on wet automatic standpipes I don’t believe it matters what the building serves. It is an automatic standpipe. I don’t see in Chapter 7 of NFPA 14 2013 that says the FDC inlet shall be based on 250 gpm per inlet only if it is a manual standpipe. I don’t see where you have to calculate through the FDC. You may be able to use 4”, but you will still need 4 inlets. I think that seems quite odd and would probably try to run it as 6” as a good practice. However, I can’t see anything requiring the size of the piping to be any minimum. [MFP_logo_F] Travis Mack, SET MFP Design, LLC 3356 E Vallejo Ct Gilbert, AZ 85298 480-505-9271 fax: 866-430-6107 email:[email protected]<mailto:email:[email protected]> http://www.mfpdesign.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mfpdesign.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1121d49f9e6b4cf248f108d4df580e77%7C14e5497c16da42e69ffa77d19bafe511%7C0%7C0%7C636379016677342180&sdata=HJ8OA4xyeHAoxXNz5mu%2FYfycgtd5nsFrrpvzulZiNkQ%3D&reserved=0> https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFP-Design-LLC/92218417692<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FMFP-Design-LLC%2F92218417692&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1121d49f9e6b4cf248f108d4df580e77%7C14e5497c16da42e69ffa77d19bafe511%7C0%7C0%7C636379016677342180&sdata=H%2BwdcgK8DLGBcNoqJEvUrzsXngySwkX56Vgf9gM9EGk%3D&reserved=0> Send large files to us via: https://www.hightail.com/u/MFPDesign<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hightail.com%2Fu%2FMFPDesign&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1121d49f9e6b4cf248f108d4df580e77%7C14e5497c16da42e69ffa77d19bafe511%7C0%7C0%7C636379016677342180&sdata=eGdMZGu2wXhUupGwgGTrqF3b54OP5%2BAZvlHhABSexWY%3D&reserved=0> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travismack<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Ftravismack&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1121d49f9e6b4cf248f108d4df580e77%7C14e5497c16da42e69ffa77d19bafe511%7C0%7C0%7C636379016677342180&sdata=tT5E7LsZjSmyreKi4gDCa70EWN%2BZodi%2FhbeCbHNRijI%3D&reserved=0> “The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.” From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Art Tiroly Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 12:52 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: FDC sizing on wet automatic standpipes Is this a residential or light hazard 8 story building? Do you have a 1000 gpm fire pump from city water? Electric or diesel? Reliable power with no outages? 3 - 4 or more standpipe risers? Then you can get answers. Art Tiroly ATCO Fire Protection/Tiroly 24400 Highland Rd CLE 44143 216-621-8899 216-570-7030 cell From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Young Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 11:05 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: FDC sizing on wet automatic standpipes I'm not lucky enough to be able to treat the FDC on a wet automatic standpipe as supplemental am I? We have a building with a combined sprinkler and standpipe system that's wet automatic. Building is 8 stories, but separated. etc. etc. Since the standpipe is wet automatic, the FDC isn't the only supply source, so do we still have to calculate it hydraulically? Total standpipe demand is 1000 GPM We're using NFPA 14, 2013 edition. Basically, I'm trying to figure out if its OK to run 4" to the FDC and use a single Siamese instead of 6" piping to a 4-way or two Siamese connections. Benjamin Young [Image removed by sender.]<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link>
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