One method is: Put the FDC check in the building. Put a ball drip out at the FDC, below frost, wrapped in drain cloth, in a gravel drain field with a standard pyramid box over the ball drip location. Make sure grade is not sloping into the pyramid box.
Allan Seidel St. Louis, MO On Nov 12, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Gobeli, Paul wrote: > Forum, > > > > What is the correct configuration to design and install a free > standing > FDC that is drained properly for a building without a basement? Does > the portion of piping below grade need to be drainable even though > it is > below the frost line? A ball drip needs to be installed such that it > can be determined whether or not the FDC check valve inside the > building > is functioning correctly. An additional drain of some type must be > installed below the frost line to drain the vertical barrel of the FDC > just like on a fire hydrant. I do not believe that this must entirely > drain the below grade FDC piping, just the piping above the frost > line. > Does a vault need to be installed for a ball drip on the underground > portion of this pipe or just a proper drain field? How is this done > in > industry? > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Paul Gobeli, CET > > Fire Protection System Designer > > Minneapolis - St. Paul Office > > Burns & McDonnell :: Engineering :: Architecture > > 8201 Norman Center Drive, Suite 300 > > Bloomington, MN 55437 > > P: 952.656.6003 Ext 3645 :: F: 952.229.2923 > > www.burnsmcd.com <http://www.burnsmcd.com/> /minneapolis > > > > Atlanta :: Chicago :: Houston :: Kansas City :: Miami :: > Minneapolis :: > New Jersey :: St. Louis :: Washington D.C. > > Proud to be one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies To Work For > > P Please consider the environment before printing. > > > > This e-mail and any attachments are solely for the use of the > addressed > recipients and may contain privileged client communication or > privileged > work product. If you are not the intended recipient, and receive this > communication, please contact the sender by phone at 952-656-6003x3645 > and delete and purge this e-mail from your e-mail system and destroy > any > other electronic or printed copies. Thank you for your cooperation. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
