Is this new addition a "proper" separate building or just another fire
area. If the former your solution of a booster pump for just the EFSR
"building" tapped from the main UG line sounds like a good solution. If
just a fire area Ken's comment about FDC feeds after the pump is spot on.
I'd also thi
Bobby,
Yes, I now understand what you're describing, and your description
clarified it a great deal.
I'm in agreement with Travis on this one, there's no mandate that all
four risers have to be fed by the pump discharge, and as was pointed out
providing an separate pump for each riser would
October 12, 2022 10:40 AM
> To: Ken Wagoner ; Discussion list on issues
> relating to automatic fire sprinklers
> Subject: [Sprinklerforum] Re: ESFR Addition
>
> No there is no existing fire pump the existing risers are feed from the city
> water supply. There is a new addition b
To: Ken Wagoner ; Discussion list on issues
relating to automatic fire sprinklers
Subject: [Sprinklerforum] Re: ESFR Addition
No there is no existing fire pump the existing risers are feed from the city
water supply. There is a new addition being added to the building which
requires a ESFR system m
No there is no existing fire pump the existing risers are feed from the city
water supply. There is a new addition being added to the building which
requires a ESFR system my question was is there a code that does not allow me
to tie in to the bottom of one of the existing risers to feed a new f
Bobby,
I have to admit I'm sort of baffled here.
If I read this correctly, the discharge flow and pressure from the
_*existing*_ fire pump will not supply sufficient flow and pressure to
the base of the new riser, as required by the K16.8 ESFR sprinklers.
So your thinking is to provide tap t
In this scenario, would the FDC be pressurizing the suction side of the fire
pump? You are usually not supposed to do that.
Kyle Montgomery
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