I told someone the other day in regards to a similar question, "I just put the water on the floor, it's your job to figure out what to do with it."
Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 CH2MHILL Extension 74102 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Lindner Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Drains Timothy, Adding a floor drain into a space like a data center can have affects beyond what you might think. First, you need to have a trap primer system (in a space such as this it would be an electrical type) in order to add water to the trap so it doesn't dry out and introduce sewer gases to the space. Adding the water into the area will most likely require a monitoring system to detect water leakage since that is detrimental to a space such as this. But the plumbing guy might have had to add some sort of drain for the condensate from the a/c units and a cold water line for the humidifier makeup. So, let the plumber figure out if he needs a drain and water.. :-) Richard On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Easter, Timothy <[email protected]>wrote: > For example in data centers, I thought it would be a good idea to have > floor drains (under raised floors) installed for water removal upon > sprinkler discharge. However, I was told no requirement exist. Does a > requirement exist that I can't find. Thanks. > Regards, > > Timothy Easter > E.I.T. > Graduate Fire Protection Engineer > URS Corporation > > > > This e-mail and any attachments contain URS Corporation confidential > information that may be proprietary or privileged. If you receive this > message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should not > retain, distribute, disclose or use any of this information and you > should destroy the e-mail and any attachments or copies. > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.org > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
