Or you can live here where everyone knows there's a control valve in each stairwell, at least on high rises. and why does he take his ladder when he goes to the head? Is he too short for the urinbal?
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:17 PM, George Church <g...@rowesprinkler.com>wrote: > There would have to be or a single flow would set off all WFSs since it > would act as a big vertical grid. > > Believe the dual connection is Marriott standard on high-rises, much to my > chagrin. > > Posting a sign at both sides that it's dual feed is something my insurance > carrier would make me post- what if you got dragged into some bonehead that > shut a side, opened the drain, let it flow while going to the head with > ladder, and ASSUMED it was drained and pulled the head? > If you installed and didn't post signage, you're dragged into it and have > some mud you could have avoided. > Even 1 5% culpability of a $1m claim in a highrise is $150k on your loss > runs- for years.....and you could stick a zero on the end of that portion > pretty easily if their lawyer convinced the unwashed jury that you'd done > something unusual and mislead his poor unsuspecting bonehead. > > I haven't done a dual feed I can recall since 80's there has to be a reason > why. I recall when I did it (Stonybrook Manor), the code changed prohibiting > like a year later. > > > George L. Church, Jr., CET > Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. > PO Box 407, Middleburg, PA 17842 > 877-324-ROWE 570-837-6335 fax > g...@rowesprinkler.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto: > sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Garth W. Warren > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:00 PM > To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > Subject: Re: Dual floor control assembies > > I believe there is a requirement for check valves at each connection. > > Garth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ronl.Fletcher" <rfletc...@aerofire.com> > To: <sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1:13 PM > Subject: Dual floor control assembies > > > > Is anyone aware of a prohibition against having two floor control > > assemblies on each floor connected to two different standpipes and > > calculating the loop to size the sprinkler main? > > > > > > Ron Fletcher > > Aero Automatic > > Phoenix, AZ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 rgreen...@bates.ctc.edu http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20111027/aa2c8b8e/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
