It seems that the data plates are often left to the end of the job and forgotten. I had one job where the same thing occurred, insurance inspection and the owner was written up for no plates among other things. While we were fixing the other deficiencies the owner asked about the plates, I explained what we would need to do to verify the system data, which he realized wasn't going to be cheap, and then he asked if we could just fill something in because the inspector wouldn't know the difference anyway. It goes without saying that we did not oblige him in that matter. We finished the other work and that's the last we heard of the situation. He probably found some jack-leg that filled out the plates for a couple of bucks.
I've got a 1989 NFPA 13 and it's in there, 7-1.2 Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Group Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ch2m.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Thurston Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Hydraulic Data Plate Hello sprinklerforum, When did it the requirement for a hydraulic data plate to be posted become a part of NFPA 13? I have a customer that just went through an insurance inspection... They wrote them up for not having the data plates posted. This is a 10 story building and the floors are fed from the standpipe on each floor. The company that installed the system back in 85 is not to be found anymore. The HOA does not want to tear up the units so we can trace the pipe to reproduce the calcs (or pay what I would charge for that). I'm open to suggestions. I do have a call in to the AHJ about plans but he does not think they exist any more. -- Best regards, Charles Thurston mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Coastal Fire Protection _______________________________________________ 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)
