Standpipe To Roof

In terms of head pressure say a 30 story building has a single zone standpipe system and for simplification let s assume that the roof level is 300 feet and the height of every floor is 10 feet.

Standpipe to roof.

When enforcing the provisions for standpipes the most restrictive provisions of the applicable codes apply. Tanks providing water supply by using gravity. You might find that the standpipe thresholds vary in the codes. Tanks that may supply water to domestic and or fire suppression systems located on the roof or inside the building.

Where roofs have a slope less than 4 in 12 a 33 3 slope the ibc requires a hose connection at the highest landing of a single interior exit stairway serving the roof or a hose connection on the roof where no exit stairways serve the roof ibc 2000 18 editions section 905 4 5. New building in ny and i do not want a dry system for this one thing. This is because the scope of a fire code life safety code and building code differ. Nfpa 1 might mandate the presence of standpipes where nfpa 101 does not for example.

The fireman comes up to the roof on the stair that goes to the roof. Nyc building code 2014 1 administration 107 construction documents 107 9 fire protection system plans 107 9 3 standpipe systems. But the fire is at the other end. The ifc requiring the same thing states standpipe systems not located within an interior exit stairway shall be protected by a degree of fire resistance equal to that required for vertical enclosures in the building in which they are located in sections 905 4 1 and 905 6 1 for class i and class iii standpipes.

Do you mean a potter roemer 5850 valve control and a 5801 2 1 2 wall hydrant. Bc chapter 9 nfpa 14 nfpa 22 pc 606. Standpipe systems plans shall comply with section 905 1 1. I can not open the link on dr.

As required by the fire code official when the most remote portion of a floor is more than 150 ft nonsprinklered or more than 200 ft sprinklered from an outlet. Standpipe system during construction in the course of construction of new building. An additional hose connection shall be provided at the top of the most hydraulically.