The industry benchmark for design and installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems nfpa 13 addresses sprinkler system design approaches system installation and component options to prevent fire deaths and property loss.
Small room rule nfpa 13 2013.
The rule allows the head to be no more than 9 from a single wall within a room 800 sq ft or less but how do you measure that.
As per the sprinkler exemption form instructions a plumber can only install one sprinkler is a room of 130 sq.
Of coverage per head.
This edition of nfpa 13 was approved as an american national standard on august 26 2009.
However section 11 2 3 5 2 does not allow.
These instances are in small rooms 2.
Small room rule i ve been reading this thread and come to think i ve miss understood how to apply this exception.
Origin and development of nfpa 13 nfpa 13 represents the first standard published under the auspices of the nfpa commit tee on automatic sprinklers.
It is important to note that nfpa 13 02 section 8 6 2 1 2 allows the actual area of coverage for each sprinkler in a small room as defined in section 3 3 20 to be the area of the room divided by the number of sprinklers in the room.
To be a small room code says it has to meet all the following.
So what constitutes a small room.
Nfpa 13 code allows us to space sprinklers up to 9 0 off of a single wall under certain instances.
Originally titled rules and regulations of the national board of fire.
I found the article in this month s nfpa journal about the nfpa 13 small room rule interesting and it does help clarify a sometimes confusing rule but i am still stuck on one question.
The wording has been tweaked numerous times since then for example the standard used to refer to the largest room whereas today the verbiage references the room that creates the greatest demand.
Based on nfpa 13 13ed fig a 8 6 3 2 4 i ve always thought the only time you would exceed the 15 0 spacing for a sprinkler is when you have a single sprinkler in a small room.
Additionally the corresponding rules for the protection of openings ie.
From the new issue of nfpa journal while the small room rule has been around for 40 years it remains a source of confusion in the application of nfpa 13 installation of sprinkler systems the rule is never clearly stated but exists as a combination of special allowances made for rooms no larger than 800 square feet 74 3 square meters in size.
What is the small room rule.
