George, If you're doing work in Palm Springs, California, and have to add a sprinkler, the answer is "YES":
From their policy download "Pipe Schedule Design shall not be used in existing systems, extension of existing systems and new systems." I don't quite understand how "existing systems" differ from "extension of existing systems" but then that's me, I guess. -- PARSLEY CONSULTING Ken Wagoner, SET 760.745.6181 voice 760.745.0537 fax [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> e-mail www.ParsleyConsulting.com <http://www.ParsleyConsulting.com> website George Church wrote: > We're not required to bring installations up to current codes every time > they change. > > Seriously, are we going to be re-calculating 1970's-era pipe-scheduled dry > systems in nursing home attics to the higher pressures now required? > > Replace ALL SR sprinklers in existing light hazard occupancies with QR since > the 1996 #13 required them? > > glc > > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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)
