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Sprinkler System Design

Sprinkler System Design

Sprinkler System Design

(OP)
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!

EIT
www.HowToEngineer.com

RE: Sprinkler System Design

Given the very busy, very rich yahoos that I have encountered in my career who are working for a "fire protection system" contractor, I would guess it ain't that difficult.

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
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com

RE: Sprinkler System Design

(OP)
Thanks for the suggestions!

Quote (Tygerdawg)

Given the very busy, very rich yahoos that I have encountered

haha, thats actually what made me seriously consider getting into it.

EIT
www.HowToEngineer.com

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