When I hear 'hurricane', I also think swampy soil. It might be worth looking into the logistics of a buried tank. It would be a bummer if it popped out of the ground during a hurricane.
Matt -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Vince Sabolik Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 9:25 AM To: [email protected]; John Irwin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Residential water storage Bury a pressure tank On 3/19/2018 9:41 AM, John Irwin wrote: > I swear after 25 years in sprinklers I am amazed at how often new > situations are still presented to me … > > > > Here’s my situation … 22,000 sqft single family home. The owners lost > water completely in the last hurricane and want to make sure that the > new sprinkler system will continue to have a water supply if this > happens again. So they want to bury a grey water tank in the yard > that’s specifically for fire sprinkler supply. What considerations do > I even start with on this? It’s a 13D system, so do I have to take > NFPA 22 into consideration? How do I get water out of an underground > tank? Standard well pump? Should I not even bother with a city supply > if I am feeding off of a tank? Obviously money doesn’t seem to be a > consideration … > > > > > > > > > > > > John Irwin > > Fire Sprinkler Specialist > > DynaFire, Inc. > > 727-282-9243 – Cell > > > > *“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not > dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption on > our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider on our > business. He is a part of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving > him. He is doing us a favour by giving us an opportunity to do so.”* > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.firesprinkler.org/private.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.org/attachments/20180319/3cc2de75/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.org > > -- 11351 Pearl Road / Suite 101 Strongsville, Ohio 44136 Phone 440 238-4800 Fax 440 238-4876Cell 440 724-7601 / Vince Sabolik / -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.firesprinkler.org/private.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org/attachments/20180319/8985db05/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 20914 x WTFP Logo NEW1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 30521 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.firesprinkler.org/private.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org/attachments/20180319/8985db05/attachment.jpg> _______________________________________________ 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
