The building is new wood frame with insulated roof deck over the Attics. The roof pitches range from 8:12 12:12. Occupancy is Hotel, 3 story built into hillside with full Attic. This fully insulated Attic shall remain above 40° F. which would allow installation of wet pipe system.
Two air handling units (1 at each end of the Attic) will be suspended from the Roof. Each unit occupies about 160 SF of area in an Attic of about 9,400 SF. These AHUs will have propane fired furnaces. I have already spoken with Mechanical Engineer and he has suggested that the Fire boxes could be replaced with forced hot water coils if needed. There will be service platforms built underneath and around these AHUs for servicing only. No Walls, Service doors and ladder from floor below only to access the AHUs. No storage and Public will not have access. Could this be considered Unused Attic? I have laid out sprinkler coverage using QR listed heads in accordance with NFPA 13, 10.2.4.2 and Table 10.2.4.2.1(a) and 10.2.6.1.4. I believe this layout should also qualify for Ordinary Hazard per Table 10.2.4.2.1(b), 2022 edition. I wish NFPA would define Unused Attic. This term is used in NFPA 13 so why not define it. Or do I treat the entire Attic spaces as Mechanical Room? Thank you advance. Regards, G. Tim Stone G. Tim Stone Consulting, LLC NICET Level III Engineering Technician Fire Protection Sprinkler Design and Consulting Services 117 Old Stage Rd. - Essex Jct., VT. 05452 CELL: (802) 373-0638 <mailto:tston...@comcast.net> tston...@comcast.net _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org