We exercise them as part of our annual IT&M. John
John August Denhardt, P.E. Strickland Fire Protection On Jan 11, 2017, at 9:22 AM, John Irwin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: This came up in discussion today: We have an inspector who came in a few years ago and did everything 100% by the book. Including exercising hose valves. But then it turned out that not many companies in the area have been doing that so now he's working hose valves that have not been operated in years. This sometimes causes the stems to leak because they had need been used in so long. Customers are pissed because they went 10 years with no problems, we get the contract, and now there is a problem. So (before I took over the department) we stopped working the valves. Well previously mentioned inspector knows I like to be by the book so he brought this to my attention. However if nobody else in the area is working them, I don't want to cause grief to our clients either. What say you? John Irwin - CET Division Manager - Fire Sprinklers Critical System Solutions, LLC License Number: FPC16-00053 2830 Scherer Drive, Suite 300 St. Petersburg, FL 33716 Office: 727.209.5122 Fax: 727.209.5126 Cell: 813.618.2781 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <image003.png> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
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