All good points. Gayle, your question was about one specific aspect of an inspection per NFPA 25, to which I offered a specific answer. As Ron alludes to, there are numerous other aspects to NFPA 25 conformance regarding a dry system. I wouldn't want anyone basing their defense in a claim or a tort on whether or not a visual inspection from the floor meets the overall standard of care as prescribed by NFPA 25. SL
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Ron Greenman Sent: Fri 11/9/2012 4:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: NFPA 25 But if he does the tests and/or maintenance as well he's supposed to drain the lowpoints, even if in the attic. We have a contractor in a lawsuit over the same thing where the installing contractor did nothing to indicate location and then the sheetrocker hid several in the walls and the insulator covered another bunch. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:26 PM, GAYLE KNOWLES <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Steve. The reason I ask this is because we have a contractor here > who is in a lawsuit because the attic system froze up in a building that he > inspects. They are blaming him because he does their inspections and > should've checked the attic system. We are trying to help him out with as > much feedback from our peers as we can get. AFSA sent us an informal > interpretation which helps. > > Gayle Knowles, SET,RME > Project Manager > Kaufman Fire Protection > 505-884-2447 x207 > > > > > Subject: RE: NFPA 25 > > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 08:50:34 -0800 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > > That's correct. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] on behalf of GAYLE > KNOWLES > > Sent: Tue 11/6/2012 7:26 AM > > To: sprinklerforum > > Subject: NFPA 25 > > > > > > > > > > According to NFPA 25, one is to observe from the floor when inspecting a > system. Would this mean that you are not required to crawl around in an > attic to check for proper pitch and drainage on a dry system? > > > > Gayle Knowles, SET,RME > > Project Manager > > Kaufman Fire Protection > > 505-884-2447 x207 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20121106/96049be4/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20121106/3465383c/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20121109/314a7644/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC 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/20121109/38f9ac31/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20121109/04e7c43a/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
