I have worked with a very large insurer of mall properties that treats the commodity class of any shoe store as storage of Group A unexpanded plastics, at whatever height, etc., that applies.
Spencer Tomlinson, PE Owner, Fire Protection Engineer Ph: 316-202-6412 Fax: 316-202-2346 Cell: 620-955-7293 -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Leyton via Sprinklerforum Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 2:59 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Steve Leyton <[email protected]> Subject: Shoe store complications Has anyone got any experience with design or classification of a discount shoe store that displays shoes in 8' shelving units? These are particle board, storage to 10', with shoes on attachments to the front of the shelving units and densely packed boxes with stock in the shelving. Today's shoes can be made of textile or leather uppers, but more and more the inventory is characterized by synthetic materials, often nylon and polyester materials. Except for traditional dress shoes that may still have wood or leather soles, most shoes have various densities of foam layers for inner and middle soles, with rubber outer soles. Classifying the mix is challenging because of fast inventory turn-over, especially the discount chains. Not all are using the taller fixtures, but many do and we've got fire officials asking for protection of stored plastics. I can't really impeach that finding since the stores aren't able to state equivocally what shoes will be in stock at any time. We're assessing a format that's moving into a retail shell that was a Walgreen's store and will now be discount shoes with the aforementioned 10' of storage and a 25' deck height (an existing mezzanine is being demolished so roof is high for a standalone retail pad). Seems to me that Chapter 20 is the way to go and I'd value feedback or additional info it anyone's got something to offer. Thanks, Steve Leyton, President Protection Design and Consulting T | 619.255.8964 x 102 | www.protectiondesign.com<http://www.protectiondesign.com/> 2851 Camino Del Rio South | Suite 210 | San Diego, CA 92108 Fire Protection System Design | Consulting | Planning | Training _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
