Why are there fire sprinklers over the pool?

[everman]

• It occurred to me earlier this week that the indoor pool at the gym has a lot of fire sprinklers above it, and this seem a bit odd. It's in a separate room, all tile, with a bunch of fire sprinklers. The pool takes up most of this room.
  
  Yes I know, mainly to comply with regulations. other than that, it seems a bit silly. What exactly is going to burn in there?

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[imported_LoKe]

Regulations are all that matter. No exceptions.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Regulations are all that matter. No exceptions.

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(The real reason would be that the plumbers unions lobbied to ensure that commercial structures couldn't skimp on sprinklers just because 90% of the surface area under the roof was water. Allowing that would mean that, occasionally, they wouldn't get their full take on a large commercial building like a school or rec facility. If they see a certain square footage they are supposed to make a certan amount of money. And we can't not pay the union guys...)

 

[wiredspider]

What if the pool was empty and there was a fire because some dipsh1ts snuck in or whatever?

 

[JEDIYoda]

In order that people liek you will have something intelligent to post over at Anands!!

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: wiredspider
What if the pool was empty and there was a fire because some dipsh1ts snuck in or whatever?

It's made out of concrete...

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: wiredspider
What if the pool was empty and there was a fire because some dipsh1ts snuck in or whatever?

You can't burn cement. Nothing inside a pool area should be flammable in any way.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Why do some drive up ATMs have braille on them? Just another one of life's great mysteries.

 

[TuxDave]

What if the pool catches on fire... oooh... I see your point.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
What if the pool catches on fire... oooh... I see your point.

It could only happen in Cleveland...

:music: Buuurn onnnn... big river... burn on... :music:

 

[tasmanian]

What if your running on fire next to the pool? Wouldnt you want the sprinklers to put you out?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Maybe they are there in case of a chemical fire from sanitizer mishandling... although burns are hardly the biggest worry when you have extremely toxic fumes spreading everywhere.

EDIT: That, and spraying a bit of water won't do much to stop one.

 

[BrownTown]

I assume its just a matter of regulations, probably takes less time and money to jsut install them than try to get a variance from the government.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

electrical fire, wait, spraying water all over and coating everything would make it worse(electrocuting everyone...)...um.....yeah, doesnt make sense.

 

[911paramedic]

I installed these through high school and for a couple of years after I got out of the Navy.

They go everywhere, period. Crawl spaces, enclosed areas under stairwells, cement rooms, crawl spaces, etc. No more than 15' between heads and no closer than 7.5'. If you get too close to a wall, a sidewall sprinkler head is used. (Like you see over hotel doors.)

If the public uses the building, you can bet they are in every nook and cranny. If there is more than a foot in deviation, like a 14" beam, in ceiling height that area is a different hazard zone and must be totally covered as well.

BTW, if we could get permits not to cover an area we would because sometimes it costs more to run a line (or enough water to an area) to place a head. For a bid, you can estimate between $75-150 per sprinkler head to guestimate how much a system will cost. (It may sound like a lot, but that takes into account getting water from the street, installing risers and an intricate valve system, all the piping you don't see, and the labor.)

Go on, ask why there are heads over restaurant cooktops and fryers...

 

[moshquerade]

just in case there is smoke on the water

 

[biostud]

If a fire is spreading from another part of the building you would like to cool down the hot air so the roof over the pool doesn't burn.

 

[bctbct]

Somewhere, sometime in the past, someone has filled in a pool, made it office space, and the place burn down, hence the rule.

 

[ChairShot]

I'm a building inspector in Montreal... and the answer is simple. It has everything to do with the building classification. If the building requires to be over a certain fire resitance degree... then sprinklers it is.

 

[montypythizzle]

SO many fun noodles could be lost to fire.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic
I installed these through high school and for a couple of years after I got out of the Navy.

They go everywhere, period. Crawl spaces, enclosed areas under stairwells, cement rooms, crawl spaces, etc. No more than 15' between heads and no closer than 7.5'. If you get too close to a wall, a sidewall sprinkler head is used. (Like you see over hotel doors.)

If the public uses the building, you can bet they are in every nook and cranny. If there is more than a foot in deviation, like a 14" beam, in ceiling height that area is a different hazard zone and must be totally covered as well.

BTW, if we could get permits not to cover an area we would because sometimes it costs more to run a line (or enough water to an area) to place a head. For a bid, you can estimate between $75-150 per sprinkler head to guestimate how much a system will cost. (It may sound like a lot, but that takes into account getting water from the street, installing risers and an intricate valve system, all the piping you don't see, and the labor.)

Go on, ask why there are heads over restaurant cooktops and fryers...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...l_Las_Vegas_hotel_fire

Pretty much put an end to any excuse of not installing them anywhere and everywhere.

 

[Irazipkin]

It occurred to me earlier this week that the indoor pool at the gym has a lot of fire sprinklers above it, and this seem a bit odd. It's in a separate room, all tile, with a bunch of fire sprinklers. The pool takes up most of this room.

Yes I know, mainly to comply with regulations. other than that, it seems a bit silly. What exactly is going to burn in there?

It occurred to me earlier this week that the indoor pool at the gym has a lot of fire sprinklers above it, and this seem a bit odd. It's in a separate room, all tile, with a bunch of fire sprinklers. The pool takes up most of this room.

Yes I know, mainly to comply with regulations. other than that, it seems a bit silly. What exactly is going to burn in there?

Maybe this is why

 

[Irazipkin]

Maybe this is why

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e1orsnboo48ra4x/2016-12-16 16.37.32.jpg?dl=0