Yes, Cliff, different addresses......... Thanks -
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Whitfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:58 PM Subject: RE: what makes a "building" > Garth, > > I'm not a building code guru but it sounds like different buildings to me. > Do the buildings have different addresses? To me, this sounds like a poor > attempt to save $$ during the initial construction process. > > Hopefully all of the code experts haven't left for the evening and will give > you a more definitive answer. > > Cliff Whitfield > Fire Design, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garth W. > Warren > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: what makes a "building" > > Question - There are several dormitory clusters served by a single on-site > 6" underground piping system. The underground enters a building, passes > through a backflow preventer, and then exits the building and serves the > several clusters and the site hydrants around the clusters. Each cluster > consists of three to four structures which range from two to four stories in > height. There are three clusters arranged around cul-de-sacs with an > elevation difference between the upermost cluster and the lowest cluster of > about 35 feet. Each structure has an underground gate valve with a curb box > (although the location of several of these could not be confirmed), a > combination drain/test valve - piped with a piece of pipe shorter than a > foot through the exterior wall, a flow switch and a FDC. No structure has a > check valve or an internal control valve. > > I have been told that the ten to twelve structures are a single "building" > (the portions of which are simply separated by several scores of yards) and > therefore the control valve and check valve are in the one building that the > underground enters and exits after passing through the backflow preventer. > I am also being told that having no check valve between the FDC and the > hydrants is not a problem. > > Both firsts for me. > > I have looked through the standards and can not find chapter or verse on > which to base a response. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Garth > > > _______________________________________________ > 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:[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)
