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Taf · 16-06-2017, 19:59

A TV report has shown that the socio-political agitators have set up shop.... there will be violence soon. But against whom?

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The biggest problem we had with fire safety in our 11th floor flat was lack of water pressure for the fire brigade to use. The water main to the building (and fire hydrants) was found to be restricted so not more than a single hose could be run through the pumps.

The dry riser was condemned due to multiple leaks, and was replaced by a single small bore hosereel on every landing. But when the hoses were replaced, they were too short to reach the doorways of the furthest rooms. And the hoses were fed from a pressurised tank on the ground floor, the electricity supply to it constantly tripped, and would be off as soon as the building fire switch was operated.

An idea to change the water tank to an unpressurised one on the roof fed from a ground floor pump was passed from office to office until the idea faded away.

16-06-2017, 19:59	#110
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 68 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 9,826	Re: Huge fire at West London tower block A TV report has shown that the socio-political agitators have set up shop.... there will be violence soon. But against whom? ---------- Post added at 19:59 ---------- Previous post was at 19:53 ---------- The biggest problem we had with fire safety in our 11th floor flat was lack of water pressure for the fire brigade to use. The water main to the building (and fire hydrants) was found to be restricted so not more than a single hose could be run through the pumps. The dry riser was condemned due to multiple leaks, and was replaced by a single small bore hosereel on every landing. But when the hoses were replaced, they were too short to reach the doorways of the furthest rooms. And the hoses were fed from a pressurised tank on the ground floor, the electricity supply to it constantly tripped, and would be off as soon as the building fire switch was operated. An idea to change the water tank to an unpressurised one on the roof fed from a ground floor pump was passed from office to office until the idea faded away.