Potable water system for Motel
Potable water system for Motel
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Our office has a project which involves designing a potable water supply for a 74 room 3 story motel. I can total up the usage per fixture based on the state code no problem. But not every room will be filling the tub and flushing the water closet at the same instant. It seems that there should be a diversity factor for determining actual maximum flow rate simular to designing for power usage. Our state code has no mention of such a factor. Is there a rule-of-thumb which I could use?





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THey refer to US tables of diversity factor
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RE: Potable water system for Motel
Frankly, I'd read the guidelines above, then check into three local hotels of a comparable size and ask the manager if you could look at his utility room in each.
Get his feedback on access, what often breaks, what he would recommend changing, and what problems he has had with guest complaints. Compare "Regular" service, weekend/football or concert service when all the nearby hotels are also fully booked, and convention/large meeting service when he/she has lots of guest all waking up at the same time.
RE: Potable water system for Motel
Pretty sure one hotel I stayed at once ran out of hot water, presumably because of excess demand due to synchronized guest schedules.
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