Whoa! Actually giving credit to a designer. You could be drummed out
of the industry for that. 8-) Great story.
At 10:18 AM 7/27/2010, you wrote:
We got a call just after midnight from a customer, please come over and
change the sprinkler.
A fire started in Lemont just outside State College PA
(home of Penn State's extraordinary Nittany Lions)
at the Alto Restaurant- an old victorian mansion-
and one sprinkler activated and controlled the fire.
Their washer was broken so they put their rags in a plastic bag and set it
on the washer. About an hour after closing the bag caught fire. Our QR
sprinkler went off shortly, and the only damage appears to be a scorched
wall and window. The owner noted we saved his building and he's now
delighted in his investment a few years ago.
Events like this make all the due diligence of doing it correctly
worthwhile.
They DO work!!!
There is an antifreeze system (50-50 premix) in the attic; this fire was
doused by the wet system.
Sorry,no ammo for the Research Project.
Design was done for us by independent design firm Upright Sprinkler Design
Company from Springdale outside Pgh.
George L. Church, Jr.
President
Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc.
7993 US Hwy 522
PO Box 407
Middleburg, PA 17842
570-837-7647
570-837-6335 fax
[email protected]
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