sounds like you hit much of it. Look at 13:A.23.2.1. It is a tough dance to be competitive and dot all your i's. IT certainly helps IF the water purveyor and the AHJ are helping to define these variables (and just as important, looking for their application on all submittals)
Roland On Dec 22, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Dewayne Martinez wrote: > Roland, > Is there a specific section that lists these variables or were you > just > talking in general? > I thought I was thorough in my water system evaluation. I verified > through the city engineer > that no valves were closed, no pumps were off, no main breaks at > time of > BFP test, and that the > water tower was not lowered for winter conditions. Anything else I > should have checked? > The kicker is when you get a water flow test from the water > department, > there is a disclaimer > that the readings may be off by +/- 15PSI! Too bad the fire > department > only requires a 5PSI or 10% > cushion, whatever is greater. It is hard to be competitive if we have > to design to a 15PSI cushion for this city. > Thanks, > Dewayne _______________________________________________ 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)
