Attic Sprinkler Requirements

Sity area prescriptive spacing requirements do not apply as these sprinklers are not bound by the nfpa 13 s x l rules.

Attic sprinkler requirements. The starting point to determining if attics require sprinkler protection is section 8 1 which basically says to protect all spaces unless there is a. In rack fire sprinkler solutions. Kres kfr fusible link sprinklers. Wet or dry pipe systems.

Changes require sprinklers in occupied attics and attics used for storage and a single sprinkler when fuel fired appliances are in stalled. When this height is exceeded the attic. For individual areas requiring more than four ap sprinklers the maximum area of attic protected by ap sprinklers is limited to 3000 ft2 279 m2 in any sin gle area. One way in which the nfpa sprinkler committee has attempted recently to keep the water supply demand for the attic area reasonable is by allowing the use of small orifice k 4 2 sprinklers in dry pipe systems where the piping is corrosion resistant or internally galvanized.

Provides a specific cost advantage by reducing the amount of piping required. The biggest change is for pedestal or podium type buildings where the attic is over 55 feet from the lowest level of required fire department vehicle access. Wide with a single line of piping eliminating the need for as many as five branch lines. Ddv diaphragm deluge valve.

Appendix a tfp610 figure 20. Provides a tested method of protecting an attic. Attic sprinklers comprise an overall protection scheme. Nfpa 13 installation of sprinkler systems the standard for the installation of automatic sprinkler systems never specifically addresses whether or not an attic requires sprinkler protection.

Specific application sprinklers for protecting attics. Cover attics to 60ft. 705 8 5 nfpa 13 and nfpa 13r sprinklers delete the protection requirements of openings in an exterior wall where. Reliable s grooved products by titus.

Sprinklers eliminate the requirements for flame barriers protecting window separations separated by five feet or less.