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Subject: RE: RV Storage
Guys,
If you don't own a boat or RV, it's hard to imagine the fire load these units
can represent. Campers
Guys,
If you don't own a boat or RV, it's hard to imagine the fire load these units
can represent. Campers especially pose the situation of an internal fire
becoming well developed before it breaks through the roof and the sprinklers
get a chance to attack it. Oh, and don't forget to add in
Kyle:
99.9% of the time that you see this scenario, it is a tenant build-out in an
office or retail space. I personally believe the intent of 8.15.20 was to
“discourage” the use of ½” or ¾” nipples into a reducing 90 degree elbow to
feed a 1” drop. (We’ve all seen it done) To answer the
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There is an obscure section in the fire code that essentially says you’re not
allowed to have anything in a sprinkler system that doesn’t function as what it
appears to be.
Anyone know the chapter and verse on this?
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sprinkler system that doesn’t function as what it
appears to be.
Anyone know the chapter and verse on this?
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On Sep 24, 2019, at 12:19 PM, John Paulsen via Sprinklerforum
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Yes, you could do that, but you would have t
RNAL] FW: Dry Pipe Valve to Wet
Just curious, but wouldn’t it be about the same to just replace the valve with
a spool?
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On Sep 24, 2019, at 12:08 PM, John Paulsen via Sprinklerforum
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Subject: Dry Pipe Valve to Wet
Good Day Everyone!
A question has come up regarding the practice of taking the clapper out of a
dry pipe valve in order to convert the system from dry pipe to wet pipe. We
have
