Talk:Dry riser

message: It's been suggested that this article should be merged with "dry stand pipe". PLEASE DON'T. Cross reference, yes, but innocent questers after information like me might have failed to find the article if it had been merged, and might have beenless confident in its accuracy if it had the air of a transatlantic hybrid.82.45.205.207 14:57, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
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message: I think the biggest problem here is that everyone has a different idea on what a Standpipe, Dry riser and Wet riser's are. This is probably because different countries use different terms. So I will begin with outlining what is a reasonably International definition:
* Riser (Firefighting). Fixed pipes run through a building (usually multi-story), that are designed explicitly to aid in Firefighting by providing local sources of water in a building. These are almost always(?) separate from a Fire sprinkler system.
I propose the following (which I observe is almost the same as what Fireproeng has suggested:
# Merge the information on a Dry pipe fire sprinker system with the Fire sprinkler system article, which is a much better place for it, and a better description is already there.
# Rename this article to Riser (Firefighting). (see below)
# Expand this article to be about risers (as in, a fixed set of pipes in a building designed explicitly for firefighting), both dry and wet. 
# Symlink Dry riser and Wet riser to Riser (Firefighting).
This is directly related to my suggestions on the article for Standpipe. If noone has any objections for these changes, I will work on them over the next few weeks. If anyone has any objections/comments/etc, then we can work them out. --Zaf(t) 05:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree this needs to be clarified. But before we change anything, I think we ought to determine the validity of the result. If we start with verifiability, NFPA clearly references a standpipe as being used for hoses (NFPA 14), and a riser for sprinkler water supply. However, I believe the article should be written with considerations for international terminology. Can we confirm that riser is in fact the name for a water supply pipe to sprinklers in countries that do not use NFPA as their main reference? What is the source? Fireproeng 01:23, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Interesting problem. My knowledge is based on front-line use, but that is often full of slang, etc, so I am going to talk to some fire engineers here in NZ to get a clarification of what the definition of a Riser and a Standpipe is in NZ. I will also seek documentation to reference with respect to these definitions. Is there is anyone who reads this in Europe and can find an official definition of a Standpipe and Riser with respect to Firefighting? It would help to know if the definitions that the US use are unique to just the US, or if New Zealand is "going it alone" with its terminology. --Zaf(t) 05:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

text: My limited exposure to fire fighting training with RICAS here in The Netherlands did not indicate any where about Dry Standpipes being used to feed the sprinkler system.
-Deepraj 10:10, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

text: I agree that here in the U.S. a standpipe does supply hose valves. However on multistory buildings the water supplies for the sprinkler systems on each of the floors will normally originate from the standpipe and will have it's own individual control valve, water flow switch, and drain. The standpipe as well as providing hose valves, can also be utilized for the supply of the sprinkler system as well. Atuuschaaw (talk) 16:14, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

text: After revisions, I think this page should be merged with Standpipe and Fire sprinkler system, with disambiguation pointing searches for dry riser to these pages. Fireproeng 18:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge content with [[Fire sprinkler system]] 

message: can run a cold mains water feed up through a dry riser that is 1m x 500mm in size  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.2.103.50 (talk) 12:43, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
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message: The expression "have to be" is used twice. Presumably that's referring to regulations in some particular jurisdiction? CaGlwwWEDymzc7KBQC8u (talk) 08:42, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jurisdiction