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I'm sure they have a reason for it. There's no storage tank to supply it? The systems I'm familiar with were all commercial, so that may be why I'm unfamiliar
by KGIII 9y ago
I'm sure they have a reason for it. There's no storage tank to supply it?
The systems I'm familiar with were all commercial, so that may be why I'm unfamiliar with them being fed from the main. I had to deal with getting a couple of commercial buildings done. I am not completely certain, but I think both of those systems were completely independent of the municipal water supply. I'm 99% certain, at least.
- kbenson 9y ago> There's no storage tank to supply it? Not that I'm aware of, which means I'm pretty sure not. It might be that at the house level, a single house isn't expected to draw so much water, while in a larger structure it's probably possible to overwhelm any feasible main that could be expected if a bunch of sprinklers go off. Even if the main can handle it, maybe there isn't a large enough connections to specific portions of the building from the main which causes water starvation. I imagine there's lots of insidious details when scaling to a large building which aren't immediately obvious.
- KGIII 9y agoIn both cases I experienced, it was a big giant tank up on the roof of the building. It was separate from the fire suppression system in the server room. I can see why there would be different systems and code requirements for residential construction. Come to think of it, whilst you could put the tank in an attic space - or use a bladder system, it would occupy a lot of space and I'm not sure residential construction would support the weight of the system.