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

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

It seems the extremely cold temps below zero are what caused it then temps
went up and back down just as fast. over 48 hours. I have seen pipes freeze
and break where they never have before. and all kinds of other weird
problems caused by the extreme cold.
We are having all kinds of big water main in streets breaking rocks comming
down off hill sides big chunks of ice comming down off buildings and
strinking cars and we had a floor collapse at the newly built convention
center.
thats a whole other story.
"secure15" <secure15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:rkqEh.56$z42.54@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hey Nick!
> What is so special about THIS year?
> Same as you. THREE Times to Greenport LI, in last two weeks for exactly
> the same problem! Water left in inspectors test pipe froze and broke 3
> times! One service call made at 9:45 left me getting back home at 12!
> Of course, unoccupied restaurant, closed for winter- no one there to
> get a low air-
> and of course- hot water boiler heat thru 13 A/c coils in building-Fire
> Alarm Signal= Fan shutdown= No heat! All the way out to bypass the FS
> relays so the REST of it didn't freeze solid!
> Same ghost on the Long Island Railroad- been operating for the last 50
> years then all of the sudden 6 people are falling thru the space between
> the platform and the cars! How come only now THIS year?
>
> Nick Markowitz Jr. wrote:
>> 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.