Don't install unconventional controls on mechanical equipment. The person who wrote the controls for this equipment understands this system. But people leave and change jobs. Confusing, handwritten controls can cost someone's life. Don't use mechanical rooms as storage space or crowd them with other equipment.
Mechanical rooms make tempting all-purpose storage areas.
However, as items are stored, there is no longer enough room to access the equipment to repair or maintain it. Equipment service clearances have a purpose. This expensive computer equipment has been stored in an abandoned janitorial closet. A leak in the piping can easily cause electrical shock and ruin thousands of dollars of equipment. 10.Use concrete rather than asphalt in high-traffic areas.