Why not? Why wouldn't they? Why, specifically, COULDN'T they? BTW, check out the new pipe sizing and meter loss tables adopted for 2009 13D. There is now a prescriptive or "scheduled" design alternative to the hydraulic calculation method. This information is the same as that adopted by ICC for the plumbing code standards pursuant to the IRC code changes.
Steve Leyton Protection Design & Consulting San Diego, CA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Residential systems in California Are plumbing designers going to start doing hydraulic calculations? At 11:09 AM 2/20/2009, you wrote: >Never mind raising eyebrows, how is our industry going to find the >thousands of design tech's and literally dozens of thousands of >installers necessary to serve this market? Plumbing contractors are >going to start doing this work- both conventional and MP systems - >regardless of licensing or code or jurisdictional variables. BECAUSE >IT MAKES GOOD BUSINESS SENSE. And who's to stop them? Homebuilders >will appreciate the one-stop shopping and many plumbing contractors >already have design departments. I've said this dozens of times >already in this forum but I'll say it again - it's not rocket science. > > >Steve Leyton >Protection Design & Consulting >San Diego, CA > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Kramer >Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:13 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: Residential systems in California > >For the sprinkler contractors who don't hold a plumbing license: if >there is >no BFP, then the entire sprinkler system is potable. That's work you no >longer have access to. Does that raise any eyebrows? > >Ed Kramer >Littleton, CO > > > > "To address the issue of backflow prevention, one discussion the > > committee is having is the viability of placing a toilet on the > > hydraulic end of the sprinkler system ..." > > > > Great. Now I have to learn to install toilets. Will this function as >the > > inspectors test too? Won't the alarm sound whenever you flush? > > >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >For Technical Assistance, send an email to: >[email protected] > >To Unsubscribe, send an email >to:[email protected] >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 3869 (20090219) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 3873 (20090220) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > >To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut www.fpdc.com 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3874 (20090220) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3874 (20090220) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
