Well ask him if he sees anything about psi drop in the hose requirements of NFPA 13.
Lamar Vaughn, SET On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Brian Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > Craig- > The owner is very skeptical of there being enough water supply without > adding a tank, we provided calculations for the sprinkler system and now he > wants a civil engineer to provide fire calc's as well. The civil guy was > asking why we didn't include any extra psi drop for the outside hose > allowance. > > Brian Harris, CET > BVS Systems Inc. > bvssytemsinc.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 4:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Hose added to calc's. no PSI > > Why does he care? > > Craig L. Prahl > Fire Protection Group Lead > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > Spartanburg, SC 29303 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > CH2MHILL Extension 74102 > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Harris > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 1:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Hose added to calc's. no PSI > > I've been trying to explain to a civil engineer that we (fire sprinkler) > include outside hose allowance into our calc's but only for the extra gpm, > not as far as additional psi goes. I'm sure it's the way I'm trying to > explain it that's not making any sense to him, can one of you more versed > in the English language help me out and put it in layman's terms for me? > > Brian Harris, CET > BVS Systems Inc. > Sprinkler Division > bvssystemsinc.com<http://bvssystemsinc.com/> > Phone: 704.896.9989 > Fax: 704.896.1935 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
