5 year fire sprinkler inspection

[@chrismooremusic4383]

Just started my job today as a fire sprinkler systems inspector with basically no experience at 32 y.o most of this video is what my day looked like I really enjoyed it so far so good I hope to make a career out of it wish me luck

[@JoyCool1]

Well, good luck on your new adventures. Like I always say. Nothing is easy. People think inspecting fire sprinkler systems would be easy and some parts are but when you have to go fix your corrections, that’s where it starts to get hard. Good luck in your future career. Thank you again for watching. Thank you again for your nice comments. Stay strong and healthy. Bye-bye.

[@bagmobtrae2140]

I really want to get into this can y’all point me into where I can start ?

[@chrismooremusic4383]

@@bagmobtrae2140 call up any local fire sprinkler company and ask if they're hiring inspectors

[@biggsteveq8752]

He reminds me of Mr Roger's, it's a wonderful day in the neighborhood sprinkler edition

[@JoyCool1]

He is a good person to copy! Thanks for watching Big steve Q!

[@allsafefireandburgaralarms]

Wow if you guys only have to do that, we should open a California location. 😂. Here we gotta do the hydro on the Standpipe / FDC, check valves gotta be opened & inspected, flush all piping, do an internal inspection of the piping for foreign organic and inorganic material. It's an all day, sometime 2-3 days of work for a 5-year depending on total risers.

[@JoyCool1]

That would be cool! of course I can't take you inside the building and show you all of the inspection.

[@CiVilianGroup]

Most don’t do a true 5yr. Many pop a head or a cap & say they’re done. Kinda get what you pay for most the time. I’m training some of the guys @ a company I just started @ and they’ve been doing a poor job but was never shown nor had any experience. I think all inspectors need a back ground in service & it don’t hurt for service to have experience in inspections. I’ve done both as well as new installs. One thing I’ve found out no one knows everything & I like to think I know a lot. There’s many who’ve their nicet who just don’t know enough to do service or inspections. Most time nothing is found in 5yrs unless it’s a dry system but I’ve found from pill bottles to rags so you just never know.

[@chrismooremusic4383]

@@allsafefireandburgaralarms sounds like a 5 year

[@gort400]

Good stuff! Im trying to learn more about Sprinklers and Standpipes. Thank you

[@JoyCool1]

Glad it was helpful! Yeah, I should probably redo this video? It gets a lot of use and I could’ve made it more thorough. Thank you for watching. Thank you for your nice comment. Stay strong and healthy. Bye-bye.

[@DBIE_music_IE]

Cool video I like to extra entertainment as well. The 911 bell sign sticker is genius! I’ve never seen them. I’m in So-cal the homeless deal is getting out of hand. I like your style and I did cringe 😬 once or twice. Yanking the rod out of the FDC under pressure, abrasions on the check, parking cars and leak. You probably have a smooth finish on that Rod your pop in the check valve with. Not nit picking at all cool video and new subscriber. I’m guessing you run your own work for yourself. Self employed?

[@JoyCool1]

Thanks for watching and thanks for your nice comments.Vincent Rodriguez. No I don't own my own business and that is a smooth rod.I have messed up one FDC check one time. Thanks again Vincent!

[@sawdoodoodee1482]

Love to more about fire sprinkler system.

[@JoyCool1]

I'll see what iI can do for you sawdoodoo dee. Thank you for watching!

[@fixmyacdc]

Love this video

[@JoyCool1]

Thank you so much. This video gets a lot of use for some reason.? Thank you for watching and thank you for your nice comments. Stay strong and healthy. Bye-bye.

[@Keith_Mikell]

Would that be a "wet barrel" hydrant?

[@JoyCool1]

You are correct, sir. Wet barrel has the stems on the sides. The dry barrel has the stem on the top. Thank you for watching. Thank you for your nice comments. Stay strong and healthy. Happy new year. Bye-bye.

[@timbezold6937]

Great job

[@JoyCool1]

Thank you for watching MR.Tim Bezold! I'm glad you like to see me work.

[@charlesworrell5946]

Nice work Good Neighbor - how do you hold FDC open before PIV gets opened ? Thanks very much Bud!

[@angelgavilanesarmengol5927]

Hi! I’m starting on the fire sprinkler systems world, loved the video. What is the actual function of the inspectors test? I mean, they just test flow and pressure ?

[@JoyCool1]

Well, good luck with your new trade! We need more people in the trades that value hard work. And it is hard work! You’ll never be rich and you’ll never be poor and you’ll always be somewhere different! That’s what they told me and I thought that was a great, example of what my future has become. The inspectors test serves the purpose of simulating a fire sprinkler going off. The water flows through the fire sprinkler system and activates the flow switch. That usually has a 30 to 90 second delay. After that the horns and strobe will start ringing or the bell. or you will hear the bell ring the fill up. Thank you again for watching. Thank you again for your nice comments. Stay strong and healthy. Bye-bye.

[@justinsampler5506]

Shit man this is good. The slowmo and music is tasteful. Throw some more tech talk and Chris fix it type stuff throughout with a little more production value,maybe even some product placement and you smash it.

[@JoyCool1]

I agree with you. I could do a lot better in making these videos, but you got a remember that I am at work and I’m just setting up the video real quick and adding music to it later. But I do know what you’re talking about how I could do a lot more with these videos. Thank you for your nice comments. Thank you again for watching. Stay strong and healthy. Bye-bye.

[@kr0ntr0n]

checked 0 branchlines, 0 mains, and zero hydro testing on the fdc

[@JoyCool1]

Well, thank you for paying attention. Of course I could not take you into the tenant space and let you see the inside of peoples businesses. That would not be right. People don’t want to be on film and you can’t really show inside a private business. Of course I don’t show you everything. But the Hydro of the FDC well we don’t do that here in California. We just do a backflush. But I’ve heard other people complain about that also. Thank you for watching and thank you for your nice comments. Stay strong and healthy. Bye-bye.

[@LeonSmith-ho7wp]

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[@JoyCool1]

Thank you for that. Nice little comment and thank you again for watching these silly little videos. Thank you and stay strong and healthy. I think I said thank you too many times?

[@FishandBeers]

Thanks for upload JC ! Btw ! You should make a video on 85th Ave and San Leandro Blvd next to the Pick N Pull you will see homeless waste water from water hydrant and across street from railroad too! We over paid everything and they get everything for free

[@JoyCool1]

Thanks for the idea! I would like to fly my drone there but it's to close to airport.Maybe a good dash cam video?

[@fF-jb4gs]

Would it be better to put a main stop valve above the alarm valve to save water?

[@JoyCool1]

That would be a great idea. But I don’t think that that would be up to Code? I think that would be too many valves in the system? But you’re right it would save a lot of water. Thank you again for your nice comments. And thank you for watching. Stay strong and healthy. Bye-bye.

[@fF-jb4gs]

@@JoyCool1 not sure of the codes there but there would be a bypass put in place while maintenance can be done without any water loss. Thanks for your reply 👍

[@techno4evaa]

another control valve would be completely unnecessary considering he still has to do internal inspection on system inside building. another being you cannot work on system with pressure on it, so that extra valve still wouldn’t work. also number 1 cause of an IMPAIRED fire sprinkler system is technicians leaving valves closed so no need for 2 valves when 1 is good.

[@fF-jb4gs]

@@techno4evaa there's a system called life safety which is a bypass while you can continue to have the system live while working on the alarm valve,is there no supervisory/tamper on them?

[@Acee72]

Hi Jim, I have a question, if the 5yr sprinkler is also due the same year as the annual inspection, does the 5yr take over in place of the annual? I'm not sure why but the sprinkler vendor postponed the annual and went ahead with the 5yr inspection

[@JoyCool1]

That is correct. Your annual inspection will be voided out by your five year inspection. Because everything you do in a five-year inspection you do on an annual inspection. But more. So if you are doing a five-year inspection, you do not have to do your annual inspection. But a lot of people only do annual inspections and get away with not doing five-year inspections somehow? I hope I answered that question or just made it more confusing? But the five-year inspection takes care of the annual. Thank you for watching. Thank you for your nice comments. Stay strong and healthy. Bye-bye.

[@Acee72]

@@JoyCool1 Hi Jim, I have another question, the property I was referring to in my previous comment also has a quarterly inspection. So my question is, will the quarterly be voided as well if it's due the same year as the 5 year inspection? Will it also be voided during an annual? I'm quite confused haha

[@charissefilteau3372]

It's not voided, but rather superseded@@Acee72 The 5 year supersedes both the Quarterly and Annual inspections, so you can skip both when doing a 5 year. Your next quarterly would be due 3 months from the date of the 5 year and the Annual, one year from the 5 year.

[@fitter5423]

Jimbo I bet your get tired hauling that heavy little Giant around. Every now and again I use one of them with work over stairs. But I couldn’t use one of them everyday. Ask your boss to get you a fire hose and a hose monster so you can let them fdc backflushes fly.

[@JoyCool1]

People pay good money for a workout like I get moving that ladder around + I only have to carry one ladder that fits perfect in the bed of the truck. And I'm in a lot of underground parking garages.I see trucks all the time with 3 or 4 ladders tied on their racks, 6',8',10'12' I'm sure you seat to? That's why we see them on the side of a free way. If your State was in a major drought would you just let the "back-flushes fly"?

[@willlock3644]

This is so despicable. FDC flush? The fuck. You opened that PIV about 1/4 turn. Holy fuck this whole video makes me want to come to California and find you to teach you how to do your job. Fucking scabs are brutal. Fucking. Brutal.

[@3rdgenfitter269]

@@willlock3644 if you look closely, @ about 4:00 into the video, you can see a shot of your mother's womb!

[@markp209]

@@willlock3644 Care to share what you do different? I am guessing you pitot this based on your reaction?

[@ryanw9051]

@@willlock3644 I thought he did a pretty good job, even caught missing anchors for the earthquake bracket. He was just flushing the FDCs, I bet you do 16 turns for a flush.