Todd- What's your take on the FDC coming off the Riser & the 2" underground?
Brian Harris, CET BVS Systems Inc. bvssytemsinc.com -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd - Work Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Riser Size I have always sized them by hydraulic calculation (or pipe schedule). No minimums. Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Dec 3, 2014, at 9:43 AM, Brian Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can't seem to put my finger on it this morning but is there a minimum size > requirement for the Riser in a 13 system? I know there is for the FDC > connection and the underground main to the building but I don't see anything > the limits the size of the Riser except the hydraulic calculations. In this > particular job the FDC is located on the Riser so I assume the Riser would at > least have to be 4" up to the FDC connection. Currently the civil drawing is > show a 2" supply to the building from a 6" underground main.... > > Brian Harris, CET > BVS Systems Inc. > Sprinkler Division > bvssystemsinc.com<http://bvssystemsinc.com/> > Phone: 704.896.9989 > Fax: 704.896.1935 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
