Members, Thanks to everyone who responded, you were a big help. I would also like to thank everyone who participates in the forum on a regular basis so I can learn from all of you almost everyday. John
Roland Huggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would add that you'll want to discuss with the client the potential for introducing a, shall we say, less than pleasant aroma within the building. Roland On Aug 16, 2007, at 7:19 AM, Mark Sornsin wrote: > Without looking up the precise verbiage in NFPA 13, I say YES. > > The Main Drain test is a water supply test - done to verify (to a > degree) that the incoming supply fully functional. This is done by > comparing the current test results to the previous. Conducting this > test on the dry system you describe would serve no purpose. The drain > at the primary controls would be used for that. Thus the dry system's > drain is really an auxiliary drain used only when the dry system is > being modified or maintained. I say go ahead and pipe to the floor > drain. > > Mark A. Sornsin, PE > Fire Protection Engineer > Ulteig Engineers, Inc. > Fargo, ND > 701.280.8591 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John T. > Johnson, CFPS > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Main Drain Question > > Hello Members, > > We are installing a new wet system. Off of the wet system is a > small dry > system with 6 sprinklers to protect a porch area. For us to pipe the > main drain of the dry system we need to core 2 walls to get to the > outside of the building, go up about 15'-0" to the roof of the porch, > and for the most part follow the dry system piping to the end of the > porch. > > My question is: > If the control valves between the wet system and dry system are > tampered > & monitored by the building fire alarm to ensure that they remain > open, > can we use the main drain on the wet system to fulfill the main drain > test requirements, and just pipe the drain of the dry system to a > floor > drain? > > Thank you in advance, > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see > what's > on, when. > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:Sprinklerforum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
