Thanks! We will have a pump but...the water supply (gpm) seems too low for the demand especially factoring in hose allowance.
David Bryan fpii -----Original Message----- From: Todd Williams - FPDC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:55 am Subject: Re: Water supply question Without doing any engineering and no other information, I would say probably not. According to A.5.6.3, cartoned carpet tiles are a Group A plastic. The latex foam pads are another bundle of joy. 55psi may not be enough to handle the demand. More engineering is needed on this project to make an actual determination. (Disclaimer: my opinion only and may not have any basis in fact) At 10:10 AM 7/9/2008, you wrote: >I am looking at a 25,000 sq foot former >manufacturing facility that is being >renovated >and a wet system is being provided. A storage >area- 4700 sq ft. >will contain rolled up rugs >(nylon type  and latex foam pads) that will be >>stored on 12 foot high racks along with boxes of >water based adhesive and >carpet tiles. The >storage area has a 20 foot high ceiling with >30†steel >joists and masonry construction. I >was told that by an outside source that >FM >Global has design criteria for this type of material. >Problem is the water supply is 55 static and 45 >at 920 gpm residual. and 1808 >gpm  at 20 psi >(this was projected by the water provider.). > >I am questioning whether this is enough water >for this type of hazard. Any >thoughts? > >David Bryan >fpii >_______________________________________________ >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) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut www.fpdc.com 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ 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)
