Sorry about my late post. My email hadn't refreshed and there were no responses to the original post on my screen when I sent mine.
Rod DiBona Rapid Fire -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod DiBona Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Unusual Situation In my opinion this is a really bad idea. Been there and done that and the dry system is the better choice here by far. If I were you I would sit down with them and educate them on all of the issues that you have just addressed with the antifreeze and I WOULD definitely tell them of the approximate replacement cost. What does the antifreeze have to do with if it was 13 or 13R? What is the water source if the underground is to be filled w/ af. Remember this must be glycerin if it is going to be cpvc. Was the 10 yr old system galvanized? Rod DiBona Rapid Fire -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Coastal Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 7:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Unusual Situation Hello sprinklerforum, I am open to suggestions on this one. We have a customer in a 4 story residential building wanting to replace the entire system due to rusted/leaking pipes in the old system. They are requiring the system to be installed with CPVC piping. They are requiring the ENTIRE system to be filled with Anti-Freeze including the underground. They are wanting to put the DCDA Backflow, Then the Alarm Valve, Then the RPZ Backflow and Expansion Tank into a hotbox outside. To me it looks like the use of Anti-Freeze bumps it to a 13 system instead of 13R. The new piping is to be built into new soffits on the outside of the building walkways. They have a Dry Pipe system now and do not want the leaking problems they have now to recur in a few years like the existing 10 year old system. I am not even bring up the subject of Anti-Freeze recovery/reuse when the system is tested or when the Alarm company does a flow to test the WF switches quarterly. The Main Drain flow test is another subject... -- Best regards, Charles Thurston Coastal Fire Protection mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
