NFPA 13 - 2016 Edition: - Specifically Permit Stainless Steel in Accordance With Schedule 10S or Schedule 40S
NFPA 13 - 2016 Edition: - Specifically Permit Stainless Steel in Accordance With Schedule 10S or Schedule 40S
NFPA 13 - 2016 Edition: - Specifically Permit Stainless Steel in Accordance With Schedule 10S or Schedule 40S
NFPA 13 – 2016 Edition
• Committees created the First Draft at meetings
between July 2013 and December 2013
NFPA 13 (2016 Edition) Hot
• Balloting ended in early 2014
Topics and NFPA 13 FAQ’s • First Draft decisions are available for viewing on
the NFPA website
the NFPA website
• Comments are due (on line) May 16, 2014
• Committees will meet in June to take action on
comments and write Second Draft
• Balloting through fall of 2014
• Presented to NFPA membership in June 2015
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Highlights of 2016 Changes Storage Commodity Classification
• Pipe Stands, new section 9.2.6 • Rewrite of the examples based on additional
• 6‐inch rod rule testing since 1990’s
• Clean up of ESFR and solid shelves • Change to Class IV definition
• Exposed Expanded Group A Plastics on Racks
• Cloud Ceilings (not a change yet)
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Class IV by Percentage of Plastic Extension Fittings
3.5.6 Extension Fitting.
A male by female adapter intended to be used
with a sprinkler to adjust the final fit where
the sprinkler is installed in a finished ceiling or
wall.
wall
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Extension Fittings Air Venting
6.4.8 Extension Fitting. 7.1.5 Air Venting.
6.4.8.1 The outlet diameter of the extension A single, air vent with a connection shall be
fitting shall be equal to the inlet diameter of provided on each wet pipe system utilizing
the sprinkler. black or galvanized steel pipe as a means for
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6.4.8.2 A single extension fitting up to a
t i fitti t venting.
venting
maximum of 2 in. (50 mm) in length shall be
permitted to be installed with a sprinkler.
6.4.8.2.1 The extension fitting shall be included
in the hydraulic calculations.
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Air Venting Low Hanging Obstructions
8.16.6* Air Venting. 8.5.5.3.1.3
The vent shall be located near the highest point Sprinklers shall not be required under
in the system to remove the majority of the air noncombustible obstructions over 4 ft (1.2 m)
by one of wide where the bottom of the obstruction is
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the following methods:
th d 24 in (620 mm) or less above the floor or
24 in. (620 mm) or less above the floor or
(1) Manual valve, minimum 1 ⁄2 in. size deck.
(2) Automatic air vent
(3) Other approved means
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Many Small Obstructions to ESFR Dwelling Unit Bathrooms
8.12.5.3.3 • 2010 and previous editions (going back to
For pipes, conduits, or groups of pipes and 1989) allowed sprinklers to omitted from
conduit to be considered individual, they must small bathrooms in all dwelling units
be separated from the closest adjacent pipe, • 2013 changed to just allowing sprinklers to be
conduit cable tray or similar obstructions by a
conduit, cable tray, or similar obstructions by a omitted from small bathrooms in hotels and
omitted from small bathrooms in hotels and
minimum of three times the width of the motels
adjacent pipe, conduit, cable tray, or similar • 2016 is proposed to go back to older text
obstruction.
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Revolving Doors Indoor Swimming Pools
• 8.15.24.1 Sprinkler protection shall not be • 8.15.24.2.1 The area directly above indoor
required within revolving door enclosures. swimming pools shall not require sprinkler
protection unless the requirements of
8.15.24.2.2 apply.
• 8.15.24.2.2 The area above indoor swimming
pools equipped with moveable hard covers
that allow the area to be used for athletic
activities other than swimming and other
water sports shall require sprinkler protection.
• 8.15.24.2.3 Sprinklers shall be installed in all
areas adjacent to indoor swimming pools.
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Main Drain Connections 6‐Inch Rod Rule
• 8.16.2.4.2 will be modified to allow Main • Permitted to omit lateral seismic braces where
Drain connections to be larger than 2 inches pipe is hung by “short” rods
– Change made to facilitate backflow test • “Short” is defined as 6 inches or less
– Could cause problems for sprinklers and fittings if measured between the top of the pipe and
systems are drained too quickly
systems are drained too quickly the point of attachment to the building
the point of attachment to the building
structure
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6‐Inch Rod Rule Exposed Expanded Group A on Racks
New Section 17.3.3.5*
• Single‐, double‐, and multiple‐row racks
• Maximum storage height of 35 ft
• Maximum ceiling height of 40 ft
• Sprinklers shall be K
Sprinklers shall be K‐25
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ESFR (intermediate temp)
• Design area of 15 sprinklers (5 on 3 branch lines)
• Minimum operating pressure of 60 psi
• Hose stream allowance of 250 gpm
• Water supply duration of 60 minutes
• Minimum aisle width of 8 ft
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Exposed Expanded Group A on Racks Exposed Expanded Group A Plastics
New Section 17.3.3.5
• Solid vertical barrier in rack from one of the following:
– 3⁄8 in. plywood or par cleboard 16.5 ft max
– 22 gauge sheet metal
– Equivalent
Max 40 ft
• Barrier extends from face of rack to face of rack
ceiling
• Barrier spaced at a maximum 16.5 ft interval
• Barrier extends from a maximum of 4 in. above the Max 35 ft
floor to the maximum storage height. storage
• Plan area of storage between vertical barriers and
aisles shall not exceed 124 ft2
• Barrier shall extend across the longitudinal flue.
• Commodity shall be permitted to extend a nominal 4
in. beyond the vertical barrier at the aisle
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Cloud Ceilings One Common Example of a Cloud Ceiling
• Non‐continuous drop ceilings in a room
creating a space above the drop ceiling and a
space below the drop ceiling
• Usually both spaces need sprinklers
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One Common Example of a Cloud Ceiling One Common Example of a Cloud Ceiling
2016 NFPA 13 might
2013 NFPA 13 would require
2013 NFPA 13 would require allow omission of
allow omission of
sprinklers above and below unless sprinklers above the
AHJ considered opening “small” such opening if it is less than H
as used for a return air plenum 1 inch for every foot of
height (H)
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NFPA 13 FAQ’s NFSA Services
• Antifreeze • Expert of the Day (EOD)
• Shadow areas – Member of the Engineering Department staff on
call every business day
• Obstructions in light and ordinary hazard that
– Members call or e‐mail questions
are not structural
– Average response time, ½ business day
Average response time ½ business day
• Protecting exposed plastics stored on racks
– Over 2600 calls annually
• E‐TechNotes
– Published two or three times per month
– One edition each month summarizes best/most
interesting EOD responses of previous month
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Antifreeze – New Systems
Antifreeze – New Systems NFPA 13D
NFPA 13 and NFPA 13R
• New antifreeze systems are required to use • 9.2.2.2
listed solutions under section 7.6.2.1 • New antifreeze systems are permitted to be
• Propylene glycol and glycerine are NOT listed glycerine or propylene glycol
• THERE ARE NO LISTED SOLUTIONS!!! • Antifreeze is limited to the portion of the
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home subjected to freezing conditions
• AHJ has to be convinced that no other option
is available
• Solutions are limited to
– 48% glycerine
– 38% propylene glycol
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Shadow Areas Shadow Areas
• The apparent dry space within the coverage • Yes, they are allowed by NFPA 13 for spray
area of a sprinkler behind an obstruction sprinklers and residential sprinklers (8.6, 8.7,
where water might not directly spray from a 8.8, 8.9, 8.10)
sprinkler • Combine sections 8.5.3.2 and 8.6.5.2.1.3 (or
• Does NFPA 13 allow shadow areas? 8.7.5.2.1.3 etc.)
Distance to a Wall Three‐Times Rule
• 8.5.3.2.1 The distance from sprinklers to walls • 8.6.5.2.1.3 (paraphrased) Obstructions are
shall not exceed one‐half of the maximum permitted within the spray area of a sprinkler
allowable distance between sprinklers as long as the sprinkler is at least 3 times the
• 8.5.3.2.2 The distance from the wall to the maximum dimension of the obstruction away
sprinkler shall be measured perpendicular to f
from the obstruction
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the wall.
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Light Hazard Example 2
Light Hazard Example 1 Section 8.5.3.2
7.5 ft 7.5 ft
11 ft
11 ft
15 ft
3.5 ft
7.5 ft
Light Hazard Example 3 Light Hazard Example 4
Section 8.6.5.2.1.3 (3‐Times Rule) Bring Part of the Wall Closer
15 ft
7.5 ft
Obstructions that are not structural in Obstructions that are not structural in
Light and Ordinary Hazard Light and Ordinary Hazard
• Is a light fixture that is 2 ft wide permitted to be
installed 13 inches directly below a sprinkler?
• Yes, this is permitted.
es, t s s pe tted
– As long as water can get to two sides of the obstruction
– As long as object is not structural
– As long as sprinkler is upright or pendent standard spray
sprinkler
– See section 8.6.5.2.1.4
• Is a light fixture that is 2 ft wide permitted to be
installed 13 inches directly below a sprinkler?
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Exposed Plastics Stored on Racks Decision Tree in 1995 (and older) NFPA 231C
• Question: Can I use the rack protection rules Plastics
that apply to cartoned storage for exposed Group A Group B Group C
plastics protection? Class IV Class III
• Answer: No
Cartoned Exposed
• Evolution of rules from NFPA 231C to NFPA 13
Evolution of rules from NFPA 231C to NFPA 13 (Outside the scope
– 1995 and previous NFPA 231C of NFPA 231C)
Expanded or
– 1998 NFPA 231C nonexpanded
• Copied into 1999 NFPA 13
• Stayed the same up through 2010 NFPA 13 Stable Free Flowing
Figure 8‐2 (parts a‐j) Class IV
– 2013 NFPA 13 8‐3.1 and 8‐3.2
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Decision Tree in 1998 NFPA 231C Decision Tree in 2013 NFPA 13
Plastics
Group A Group B Group C
Class IV Class III
Cartoned, expanded or Exposed, expanded
unexpanded, and (Outside the scope
exposed, unexpanded of Chapter 8)
Stable Free Flowing
Figures 8‐2(a) Class IV
through (g) Section 8‐3,
and 8‐3.1
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