Todd Letterman is one of the best Todds I know! Kind Regards, Chuck Hollands Millennium Fire protection Corporation
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Leyton Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Stupid comment of the week. It appears that you attract other Todds. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Your pal, Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 12:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Stupid comment of the week. Some guys are chick magnets. You see what I attract. At 03:41 PM 6/3/2011, you wrote: >What??????? > >Todd Letterman >Fire Prevention Engineer CFPS >Riverside County Fire Department "Fire never sleeps" >(951) 955-5273 FAX (951) 955-4886 >[email protected] > >" Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning how to >dance in the rain" >"The best fire department isn't the one that responds to the most calls >but rather the one that prevents the most fires". > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Todd Williams [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 3:11 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Stupid comment of the week. > >I am working on a project which has several buildings with 4-8 >apartments each. Between 2 and 3 stories. We are designing 13R systems. >There is a 4" main coming into the buildings dedicated to the sprinkler >system. The engineer is requiring that the riser consist of the >following (after the underground with 4" elbow on top): > >4" OS&Y valve >4" pipe a minimum of 10 diameters long (40") >4" RPZ with OS&Y valves on either side (RPZs are now required on all new >systems in CT) >4" tee which branches to a 4" check valve and a 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 x 4 FDC > >At this point, we are "permitted to reduce to 2-1/2" if the calcs allow" > >2-1/2" OS&Y >2-1/2" alarm check valve >2-1/2" pipe to the top of the riser > >Here we reduce to 1-1/4" CPVC to feed the system. > >The reason the engineer gave for requiring the 4" RPZ and FDC is that >the fire department requires a 4" connection to be able to fill their >trucks from the FDC. He is now confirming this requirement with the >local fire marshal. > >The specification also called for a 13 system with K8.0 extended >coverage commercial sprinklers in all areas, including closets and >bathrooms. However, the exclusion from 13R for sprinklers in attics and >crawl spaces was directly quoted in the spec. > >The saga continues......... > > >Todd G. Williams, PE >Fire Protection Design/Consulting >Stonington, CT >860.535.2080 >www.fpdc.com > > > >_______________________________________________ >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) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860.535.2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
