I suggest have their architect to come up with a potable (or pool) supply solution, and having them use the gray water for irrigation, as I do. My grey water gets pretty scummy, and gets clusters of stuff I wouldn't want in sprinkler piping.
Ed Vining 4819 John Muir Rd Martinez CA 94553 925-228-8792 [email protected] On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 6:41 AM, John Irwin <[email protected]> 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-firesprinkler.org/attachments/20180319/ > 3cc2de75/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler. > org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.firesprinkler.org/private.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org/attachments/20180319/ccca2e0a/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
