Something like that happened back when I used to work for a sprinkler contractor. We were told to leave the system off, but the owner started to put stock in his building and they had a bad fire. Luckily the project manager had issued a letter to say that we'd been instructed to leave the system off, so we weren't dragged into any law suits or insurance claims. The lesson from this is to ask what the owner wants and then confirm it in writing.
Larry Keeping -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Travis Mack, SET Sent: November-04-15 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: question of procedure 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
