Chapter 6 (1999 Chpt.

3): System
Components and Hardware
• Specially listed products (6.1.1.1)
– Installation must conform to all conditions
required by the listing, this information is
found in the product literature and installation
instructions
– Examples: WS sprinklers, extended coverage,
flex heads and residential sprinklers
Chapter 7 (1999 Chpt.4):
System requirements
• Gauges are now required above and below
check valves in a Riser, i.e. both sides
• Freezing conditions: areas where
Temperatures are below 40 degrees
Fahrenheit
Chapter 8 (1999 Chpt.5):
Installation Requirements
• Sprinkler thermal sensitivity (8.3.3)
– Per 8.3.3.3, where Quick Response (QR) sprinklers
are installed, all sprinklers in that room/compartment
are required to be QR ordinary temperature-rated
(135-170 0F)
– The exception is a circumstance that requires a higher
temperature sprinkler, e.g. a heat source like a Fire
Place Stove or skylight, then use of Standard
sprinklers is permitted
– Does NOT apply to Residential Sprinklers
Chapter 8, continued:
• Sidewall Spray Sprinklers (8.4.2):
– Light Hazard: Allows installation of sidewall
sprinklers in smooth, horizontal or sloped ceilings
– Deflector Orientation (8.7.4.2.2):
• In sloped ceilings: locate sprinkler in highest point of slope
with deflector parallel to slope
– Definitions:
• Smooth Ceiling: a continuous ceiling free of significant
irregularities
• Horizontal Ceiling: 2:12 slope or less (10o)
• Sloped Ceiling: Greater than a 2:12 slope (>10o)
Chapter 8, continued:
• Skylights and Similar (Small) Ceiling Pockets
(8.5.7):
– Omission of Sprinklers allowed in openings if:

1. Opening does not exceed 32 ft2

AND
2. Edges of openings are horizontally separated by 10-
feet or more to other openings
Example:

4’-0 Max 32 ft2 10 feet or more 2’-0

Max 32 ft2 16’-0

8’-0
Chapter 8, continued:
• Ceiling Pockets (8.6.7)
– Sprinklers required except where ALL of the
conditions listed below are met:
1. Volume (cubic feet) is 1000 ft3 or less
2. Maximum of 36-inch deep
3. Entire floor area below has sprinkler coverage
4. Adjacent openings are horizontally located 10-feet or
more away from any other pockets
5. Construction is limited/non-combustible
6. Skylights allowed to be plastic if 32 ft2 or less
7. Quick Response sprinklers are used in the room
Chapter 9 (1999 Chpt.6):
Hangers, Bracing , and Restraint of
System Piping
• Fasteners in Concrete (9.1.3)
– Installed in the Horizontal position unless one
of the following conditions is met:
• Used in concrete with gravel/crushed stone for
supporting up to 4-inch pipe
• Alternated with hangers connected to structural
members or sides of concrete beams for 5-inch or
larger pipe
• Spacing is 10-feet or less for 4-inch and larger pipe