Re: UPDATE! Water purveyor requiring fire flow test for 13D calcs

2019-11-27 Thread Travis Mack via Sprinklerforum
There is a simple way to deal with the problem: Include the cost of the flow test in your pricing. The costs gets passed on to your client. Sure, it’s a pointless cost. But, many jurisdictions have pointless costs that just go along with the costs of doing business. I agree it would be

Re: UPDATE! Water purveyor requiring fire flow test for 13D calcs

2019-11-27 Thread Bruce Verhei via Sprinklerforum
The sprinkler industry makes sure they take part in fire marshal’s and building codes activities at State levels. Dealing with water district by water district is so inefficient. Best. Bruce Verhei > On Nov 27, 2019, at 14:50, Owen Evans via Sprinklerforum > wrote: > > Review: The water

UPDATE! Water purveyor requiring fire flow test for 13D calcs

2019-11-27 Thread Owen Evans via Sprinklerforum
Review: The water purveyor, after 19 years of providing static pressure only for the development of 13D calculations, is now requiring a fire flow test for 13D systems at a cost of $600.00. I emailed and asked the operations manager for the water purveyor to provide me the justification for the