Water and Fire Line Testing

Testing:  High Country Pipe  has pressure tested thousands of waterlines throughout the state of Colorado. The intent of pressure testing a domestic-water system is to meet local code requirements while ensuring the system is leak tight. Water and fire sprinkler pipelines must be able to withstand a certain amount of pressure to be accepted by the fire and water agency they are located within. Normally the domestic water system will be tested at 1.5 time the systems operating pressure (AWWA standard) and 200 psi for a fire sprinkler system (NFPA standard).

Leak Locating: When a pipeline fails a pressure test we will assist the contractor to locate the run of pipe that is leaking.  This is performed by utilizing isolation and lateral valves in conjunction with applying pressure to the line.

Fire Line Super Flush:  To meet NFPA Standards, a super flush is a size on Size flush of the pipeline supplying a fire sprinkler or standpipe system.  The system is flushed until all debris is proven removed from the pipeline.

Fire Hydrant Flow Test: To meet NFPA Standards and insurance coverage requirements fire hydrants may need to be flow tested to determine the system capability for firefighting.  Pressure gages and flow meters are attached to fire hydrants to measure the water system pressure and volume of flow.  The testing of hydrants is dependent on the pipeline and hydrant configuration.

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