Nope, but not required on this job, no sprinklers in the main compound. It's feed directly from a city main to on site
Sent from my iPhone Aaron M. Peck, SET Fire Protection Skype +1(202)407-9079 Cambodia +855(0)78700407 > On Apr 8, 2014, at 3:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > No FDC? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Aaron > Peck > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 5:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: System Check Valve > > Hey group, this may be a dumb question but does a sprinkler system "need" a > check valve? > > I have a situation where there's several containerized housing side by side. > Each container has it independent lead in and riser. > > None of the risers have check valves, only a valve, flow switch and > test/drain valve. I'm doing an inspection and I'm not sure IF check valves > are necessary. I can't find anything in the code explicitly stating it needs > one. > > Since it's feed from one source, I'm checking for a main check valve/ back > flow now, and since it's more of a horizontal multi-story building lol only 2 > or 3 heads per floor. I don't think it's required. > > And besides just acting as a valve to prevent water leaving the system > piping, I can't remember any other reason. > > Sent from my iPhone > Aaron M. Peck, SET Fire Protection > Skype +1(202)407-9079 > Cambodia +855(0)78700407 > _______________________________________________ > 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
