As shown in table 1 nfpa national fire protection association standards 13d and 13r both allow omission of sprinklers from attics not used or intended for living purposes or storage in the case of nfpa 13r and that do not contain fuel fired equipment.
Fire sprinklers in attics.
Model v sd single directional specific application attic sprinkler.
Viking fire sprinklers special sprinklers attic.
The first interpretation stated that attics cannot be considered concealed spaces and therefore always require sprinklers.
The subsequent staff interpretation attempts to clarify this issue much in the same way that this article is attempting to do stating that attics can be concealed spaces and therefore do not always require sprinkler.
Model v bb back to back specific application attic sprinkler.
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These sprinklers are specifically intended for use in combustible and non combustible sloped attic spaces and have been developed to produce unique water spray patterns to enhance sprinkler placement while improving fire control.
Cpvc is allowed on wet pipe systems only when used with viking s model v bb back to back and v sd single directional attic sprinklers it is possible to utilize a single line of piping at the attic peak eliminating the need for branch lines and greatly reducing the number of required sprinklers and associated materials.
Consequently the required number of sprinklers to calculate and system demand is drastically reduced from that seen with standard protec tion.
Sprinklers for protecting attics.