Re: Customers with dry pipe sprinklers need to take prec.

["Nick Markowitz Jr." <nick-markowitz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Unfortunately  the acumulators were located in cold rooms  with no heat and
improper maintenance.
once again becuse this is Pa. contractors and building owners do what they
feel like and ahjs let them get away with it.
I had temp sensors at water side of valves one actually saved one of my
customers on a wet system last week when the heat went out. I did not
realise the accumulators  on these 2 systems were where they were I had low
preasure supervisory switches in use but they failed to catch the problem
becuse the pipes froze and broke immediately without dropping air preasure
beforehand  to warn ahead of time but in both cases the main air switches
did activate and called fire dept . But in the one case key holder was 1 hr
away and fire dept refused to make entry and shut off water despite having
permission from owner to do so.

Like i said this is backwards Pa.  despite  the fact we now have a UCC code
which enforces ICC fire codes compliance is very lacking in many areas AHJ's
have little or no training despite fact they are supose to and existing
structures will continue to cause headaches.for years to come becuse they
were built with the i do not care attitude.


"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> What happened to the low air supervision? That should have given the
> client at least 30 minutes to 1 hour notice before the system purged,
> depending on the size of the system. You can also install a pressure
> activated switch after the accumulator to give you advanced warning of a
> pending problem. Let's not forget the room temp sensor and the automatic
> heating unit in the sprinkler room.
>
> Jim Rojas
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> "Nick Markowitz Jr." <nick-markowitz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi all with temps this past couple  weeks going 8 below zero in my area
>> for first time in nearly a decade 2 of my customers had major problems
>> with there dry pipe sprinkler systems because a drain  moisture
>> accumulator which is on the end of the dry pipe systems was not being
>> properly checked and drained and moisture accumulated in the drain and
>> froze breaking the pipe and sending water thruout the system and flooding
>> my clients property.
>> becuse the accumulators were in an unheated part of building. normally we
>> never have to worry about dry pipe systems just where the water sits at
>> the main valve but the extreme temps have proved otherwise.
>> do your customers a favor and let them know they need to make sure this
>> accumulator valve needs serviced when system is inspected.
>>
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