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In a case where you have a 4" dry pipe valve on an upper level of a building and the 2" 'Main Drain' discharges into a 4" floor drain, does this floor drain need to take a full flow test or is the 2" drain simply for system drainage purposes. If I had a standard wet sectional...
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re: Sprinkler Hydraulic Plate (Sign Placard) information
I have seen a lot of confusion regarding the information on a fire sprinkler hydraulic plate. The address placed in the "location" slot instead of the remote area location, total number of sprinklers instead of number...
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I have a case in an NFPA-13 building that has an attic space above a suspended ceiling. The pitched roof above it constructed of metal joist and metal trusses and covered by wood sheathing. Directly under the roof covering the wood sheathing is a layer of R30 incapsulated vinyl...
re:NFPA-13 sprinkler hazard classification for Hibachi restaurant
What would the NFPA-13 sprinkler hazard classification be for the seating/cooking areas be in a Hibachi restaurant? Ordinary Group 1 seems to be the obvious answer but who knows?
Thanks, Joe Cianfarra
I came across a light hazard occupancy room with two standard doors and a dimension of 18'2 x 30'3 (~550sf < 800sf) so I determine it meets the defenition of a "Small Room". If I spaced my sprinklers along the room width 4'1 _ 10' _ 4'1 and 7' _ 14'3 _ 9' along the room length, both my average...
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Hello Members, I remember being told by a sprinkler company owner about 30 years ago that the first thing you do when either designing or estimating a sprinkler job is call and ask for the wate flow data. He said it could take as much as two weeks to get the information from...
