Just curious: how do you keep children and pool toys out of the pump inlet?
Matt Grisé PE*, LEED AP Sales Engineer Alliance Fire Protection *Licensed in KS & MO 913.888.0647 ph 913.888.0618 f 913.927.0222 cell www. AFPsprink.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Church Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 11:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: abandoned pipe If applicable code didn't require, Ron faced what isn't all that unusual, and reminds me of the two times we used swimming pools for pump suction- We do a lot because it's the right thing to do. Lots of these things don't cost a lot, sometimes, like a tank, they do. I don't like using a pool, but I'm not donating a tank to the job cause I don't like what the owner wants to do; nor am I necessarily walking away from a job because of this. Once every 18 years I've used a pool for water supply, and they work. Other things are a little hairier. We generally use a 2,000 GPM pump on ESFR jobs. Its 10" not 8" so our costs go up, not insignificantly. But when the tenant adds a conveyor and the design area goes from 12 to 14 heads, we don't want to say you need a new pump. We explain this, but imagine we do lose jobs over the difference. If you're selling the GC not the developer/owner, it's a harder sell- or they just don't care/don't understand. I know, bid 1500 and add alt for 2,000 is possible, etc. glc -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Duross Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: abandoned pipe You beat me to it Dave. I knew there was a 'false sense of security' clause on 1 somewhere. I always thought it only meant heads, devices, etc. Tom NFPA 1 (2003, Edition) 4.5.8.2 Existing life safety features obvious to the public, if not required by the Code, shall be either maintained or removed. David Autry _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
