Haven't done it in years, but typically no alarms meant no COA, meant nothing to protect but building. Then we charge system and turn the valve off. Gives you a brief shot of water just in case but not enough to do big water damage. Typically this was accompanied by a CYA letter.
On Nov 4, 2015 12:10 PM, "Travis Mack, SET" <[email protected]> wrote: Say a fire sprinkler system is completed and the 200 psi test has been performed and passed. The building is fully sheet rocked and very near to turn over. Yet, the alarms are not in place. Do you leave the system with the control valves open or closed? Vandalism where some one opens a 2½" hose valve on the top story of a building can lead to a lot of water damage with no alarm to signify flow. Arson where the building burns because the system was left closed since no alarms in place can also lead to great damage. It seems like a damned if you do and damned if you don't. Is there any code/standard backing for either situation? A customer is having to deal with one of these issues. -- Travis Mack, SET MFP Design, LLC 2508 E Lodgepole Drive Gilbert, AZ 85298 480-505-9271 fax: 866-430-6107 email:[email protected] http://www.mfpdesign.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFP-Design-LLC/92218417692 Send large files to us via: https://www.hightail.com/u/MFPDesign _______________________________________________ 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
