Below Zero Temperatures This Weekend
We are about to get temperatures that we have not seen in this area for a couple of years. What that means is that pipes that may not have frozen in the last couple of years could freeze this weekend.
Please pay special attention to the following in your facilities - Any construction that has been done in the last year or 2. Penetrations that did not affect pipes last year, could freeze them this weekend. Those areas should be checked periodically. Pay particular attention to “curtain” or outside walls where work was done. Sprinkler work that is open to outside air penetrations: Loading docks, outside air plenum rooms, roof mechanical rooms, stairwells on outside walls and fire stairs that exit directly to the street.
- All OA dampers should be air tight when closed
- Some buildings may have to shut outside hose spigots
Remember, if a sprinkler system is in danger of freezing, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO isolate a drain a portion of it (CHECK LOCAL CODES AND YOUR LOCAL FIRE HOUSE), BUT YOU MUST NOTIFY CENTRAL STATION AND FDNY (or local) DISPATCH
Any pipe that freezes may not leak unit the weather warms up, so be diligent all the way through next week after the temps rise a bit. Please make sure all heat trace that is supposed to be working is in fact pulling amps.
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We are about to get temperatures that we have not seen in this area for a couple of years. What that means is that pipes that may not have frozen in the last couple of years could freeze this weekend.
Please pay special attention to the following in your facilities - Any construction that has been done in the last year or 2. Penetrations that did not affect pipes last year, could freeze them this weekend. Those areas should be checked periodically. Pay particular attention to “curtain” or outside walls where work was done. Sprinkler work that is open to outside air penetrations: Loading docks, outside air plenum rooms, roof mechanical rooms, stairwells on outside walls and fire stairs that exit directly to the street.
- All OA dampers should be air tight when closed
- Some buildings may have to shut outside hose spigots
Remember, if a sprinkler system is in danger of freezing, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO isolate a drain a portion of it (CHECK LOCAL CODES AND YOUR LOCAL FIRE HOUSE), BUT YOU MUST NOTIFY CENTRAL STATION AND FDNY (or local) DISPATCH
Any pipe that freezes may not leak unit the weather warms up, so be diligent all the way through next week after the temps rise a bit. Please make sure all heat trace that is supposed to be working is in fact pulling amps.
#GuardianEngineering #GuardianOperations #GuardianHelp #GuardianSince1918
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