Sprinkler System Design
Sprinkler System Design
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I'm sure this is a hard question to answer but...
I'm curious to know how difficult it would be to learn how to design sprinkler systems. I do structural work but get asked to stamp fire protection / sprinkler pipe designs from time to time as I know a couple contractors in the industry. I don't ever do it as I am not trained in this area. However I am wondering if there are any manuals / books / seminars that could help me become competent in this area. Maybe I try to sub out a few jobs and review the calcs. I have designed supports for piping systems and have a basic understanding of fluid mechanics but I'm wondering how big the jump is. Again probably hard to quantify but any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks!
I'm curious to know how difficult it would be to learn how to design sprinkler systems. I do structural work but get asked to stamp fire protection / sprinkler pipe designs from time to time as I know a couple contractors in the industry. I don't ever do it as I am not trained in this area. However I am wondering if there are any manuals / books / seminars that could help me become competent in this area. Maybe I try to sub out a few jobs and review the calcs. I have designed supports for piping systems and have a basic understanding of fluid mechanics but I'm wondering how big the jump is. Again probably hard to quantify but any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks!





RE: Sprinkler System Design
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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RE: Sprinkler System Design
I'm going to simplify here, so stow the flamethrowers. But it has always seemed like it was like this:
- get a floor plan from the client
- determine from <whatever source> was the required gallons per minute volume of water deposited on a particular area for the client's situation
- figure out the piping layouts to deposit said water gpm on said area sq ft
- figure out what diameter pipe must be installed at what location(s) to deposit said volume of water on said area
- spec all of the standard fire protection gizmos
- hire a bunch of pipe monkeys and a couple of scissor lifts for installation
- git'r done
- invoice the company and contact the real estate agent about that beach house
Like I said: simplify.The ones that I found that were successful did this:
- showed up on time
- finished on time
- invoiced a fair price
Everyone else struggled or failed outright.TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
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RE: Sprinkler System Design
haha, thats actually what made me seriously consider getting into it.
EIT
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