Fire Valve Connections at Man Doors
Fire Valve Connections at Man Doors
(OP)
Does any know the source of the reason I'm starting to see requirements for 2.5" "hove valves" at man doors in warehouses? I say "hose valves" because they are asking for 2.5" pipe to one valve, and 4" to multiple valves with no hydraulic requirements like a standpipe. We have never seen these in the St. Louis Area, and have not been able to locate the root source of these requirements. These seem to be coming from out of town engineering firms doing nation wide work. Is this a code requirement? or some sort of tradeoff for exit travel distance? They are in ESFR buildings, so they should already have exemptions (or a simple variance) for the distance.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.





RE: Fire Valve Connections at Man Doors
Travis Mack
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RE: Fire Valve Connections at Man Doors
McWarhouses
By the time the fire truck parks, takes the attack hose off, and stretches to the door,
Maybe would have fifty feet to actually go into the Building.
So maybe their sop, is take a warehouse hose pack to the door and hook up to the hose valve, and pressure added at fdc or from Building fire pump??