Since my last post, I heard from the water company. They miraculously found hydrants on the main they said had none, so they are going to do a test. I will be able to get some data on the mains to trace it back, but far from as-built drawings as Daniel suggested. This main has been in for quite a while.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com On Jun 19, 2013, at 1:36 PM, "Failla, Daniel" <[email protected]> wrote: > How far back is the nearest set of fire hydrants? If needed, flow test the > closest hydrants, review the as-built plans for the underground water mains > and include all of pipe, fittings and elevation changes in the hydraulic > calculations. > > Dan Failla > Charleston Fire Marshal's Office > Charleston SC > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd - > Work > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: water test without hydrants > > I have a client who tapped a new 6" line into an 8" public main which does > not have any hydrants on it. Now we have to get a flow test. My thought is to > put a flange on the 6" with a 2-1/2" hose valve, to which I connect my fire > hose and Hose Monster. We would then need to find a nearby property tapped > off that line and read pressures from that system. It seems to make sense, > but am I missing something? > > Todd G Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > www.fpdc.com > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
