Re: Standpipe Test requirements

2016-07-15 Thread Charles Bamford
City of Redmond WA "A functional flow test shall be performed at your expense to prove the standpipe design as required for normal system acceptance procedures found in Chapter 9 of NFPA 14.    I. REQUEST FOR TEST  The contractor shall request this test in writing at least 3 weeks in

Re: Standpipe Test requirements

2016-07-14 Thread Parsley Consulting
Jerry, from the 2013 edition: 11.5.2 For a manual standpipe, a fire department pumper orportable pump of a capacity to provide required flow and pressureshall be used to verify the system design by pumping intothe fire department connection. Steve Leyton pointed that out to me a few

Re: Standpipe Test requirements

2016-07-14 Thread Charles Thurston
Hello John, In this area when they ask for that, I have pointed out they need to supply the 1st responding pumper truck for the test as trucks can be different and I know I will rent one that can provide 100 PSI to the top, BUT that does not mean THEIR pumper can. Always got them to supply the

RE: Standpipe Test requirements

2016-07-14 Thread Steve Leyton
, 2016 1:54 PM To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Standpipe Test requirements Never. Sounds like something new to add to the list of exclusions. John Irwin Critical System Solutions Sprinkler Construction Manager 813-618-2781 jir...@criticalsystemsolutions.com<mailto:

RE: Standpipe Test requirements

2016-07-14 Thread Matt Grise
: RE: Standpipe Test requirements Never. Sounds like something new to add to the list of exclusions. John Irwin Critical System Solutions Sprinkler Construction Manager 813-618-2781 jir...@criticalsystemsolutions.com<mailto:jir...@criticalsystemsolutions.com> Sent from a mobile devi

RE: Standpipe Test requirements

2016-07-14 Thread John Irwin
Never. Sounds like something new to add to the list of exclusions. John Irwin Critical System Solutions Sprinkler Construction Manager 813-618-2781 jir...@criticalsystemsolutions.com Sent from a mobile device. Please forgive brevity, spelling