Gayle: We had the same thing happen here in Peoria, IL a while back. One of our largest customers have had 8 inch and 10 in double checks installed on incoming fire protection services for years, and all of a sudden these devices are not good enough. We went round and round with the local water authority in defense of the owners, but we lost out. Many of the devices are installed in valve maintenance pits 8 to 10 feet below ground that are ofter filled with water. We argued on this topic as well, but the owner was threatened with fines, so they gave in. All I have to say is that this was a very, very expensive replacement cost.
Hope you have better luck on your end. Loren Johnson - CFPS, CET Peoria, IL --- GAYLE KNOWLES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We have a water purveyor that is wanting us to > change out a double check bfp with a > Reduced-pressure bfp. > Does anyone have any information in defense of the > double check being just as effective for backflow > prevention? > Maybe something from AWWA? > > Thanks, > GK > _______________________________________________ > 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) > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html _______________________________________________ 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)
