Reclaim Setups

Commercial
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Looking for some help with equipment for parking garage cleaning.

There are 6 garages totaling about 500,000 square feet. The biggest single garage is 170,000 square feet and I can only work from 12am - 6am every night. Also, the ceiling is only 7 feet tall with sprinkler systems ALL OVER so I have to figure out how to run the skid unit without the heat setting the sprinklers off.

Can anyone recommend a equipment that is capable of reclaiming and reusing the water for cleaning? if this is not enough information to make a suggestion, please ask away!

Thanks

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Why do I feel like this is a set up lol

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I don’t know brother you tell me

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Is this how sprinklers work? I always thought they had to have a more direct source of heat than that.

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The plug is glycerin filled and it’s designed to expand and shatter. It happens at a relatively low temperature. They don’t carry much pressure until the the system senses the low pressure and the pump kicks in. Wish I could play with everything behind that door in the pump room

Google says 155-165 would set it off

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Turn the sprinkler system off while your cleaning Einstein. Locate the valve turn if off and start washing. I’ve done it many times when I’ve had to use hot water next to them, didn’t want to risk anything.

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i didnt even know that was possible. thanks for that. what kind of reclaim have you used?

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Ofcourse it’s possible. Anything’s possible, close your eyes and breath in and out slowly.

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did you have to get permission from the fire department or hte facility to just shut off the sprinklers? just because you shut off a water valve doesn’t mean alarms or the plug wont still break right?

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Nope, they were heat pads instead of your generic old school sprinklers. Hit of a switch there off.

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alright cool ill look into that. did you use reclaim for that job as well.

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Straight into the drain

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lmaooo so youve never actually cleaned a parking garage

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I’ve probably cleaned more than you’ve had hot dinners my son.

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So you get an obvious answer to one of your questions which helped you out, then go and insult afterwards because you don’t like his answer about another thing you know zero about. Off to a good start…

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sorry i didn’t mean to insult. just doesn’t make sense. you are right i don’t know a ton about it but from research you can’t just run your wastewater down a drain.

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There is different types of drains. Where do they drain to? That is what you need to figure out.

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There are also carbon monoxide detectors in the newer garages, look out for those too… They go off and some will trigger fire alarms

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storm drain to nearest body of water, sanitary sewer to a treatment plant. this facility’s told me ‘only rain down the drain’ thats why im trying to find a closed loop system if possible.

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Say… what ever happen to the parking lot extraordinaire @Innocentbystander @Infinity and @squidskc cuz i know he tried so hard to Find a purpose in his post.