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Sprinkler broke in our building.

Sprinkler broke in our building.

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Fast and Curious

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One of the overhead water sprinklers broke, sending tons of water everywhere. Fortunate that it was in a benign corner and only got on a warehouse floor. However, the sprinkler in on the ceiling about 25 feet up in the air. The realty company says we also have to fix it. I don't think so but we'll find out. We had to first drive a couple of klicks to the realty office to get the key to the sprinkler room, then I was on the cell with the building maintenance dude giving me instructions on turning off the sprinkler system water. That didn't end the problem, the entire sprinkler system has to drain, another valve for that, which sends about 2000 gallons of water in our building sprinklers to the sidewalk. So a bit of excitement here at Inplane Photonics! Fun day.

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That is a whole lot more excitement than I could stand -- unless of course I was just a peon and sent home early.

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Originally posted by reader1107
That is a whole lot more excitement than I could stand -- unless of course I was just a peon and sent home early.
No such luck here, we are all important🙂 There are only 8 of us here so if one goes home we lose 12 percent of our workforce!

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Originally posted by sonhouse
One of the overhead water sprinklers broke, sending tons of water everywhere. Fortunate that it was in a benign corner and only got on a warehouse floor. However, the sprinkler in on the ceiling about 25 feet up in the air. The realty company says we also have to fix it. I don't think so but we'll find out. We had to first drive a couple of klicks to the re ...[text shortened]... ilding sprinklers to the sidewalk. So a bit of excitement here at Inplane Photonics! Fun day.
How's the smell? I've heard that the water in overhead sprinkler systems can get pretty nasty....

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Originally posted by leisurelysloth
How's the smell? I've heard that the water in overhead sprinkler systems can get pretty nasty....
The sprinkler system SHOULD be drained every 6 months and chlorinated due to salmonella build up.

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