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Shutoff limits

A valve that kills water for the wrong people is not protection.

Automatic shutoff is useful in a washer closet. It is a different conversation on a fire line, a heating plant, or a whole stack that serves occupied suites with no warning path.

Do not put an unsupervised main shutoff on a hope and a puck.

Building mains have consequences for heat, domestic supply, and sometimes other systems.

Do not shut fire protection with a leak sensor.

Fire systems have their own rules and their own technicians.

Do design small, labelled zones with a restore path.

Who turns it back on at 2 a.m. is part of the drawing.

Questions people ask

So should we avoid shutoff entirely?

No. Small, local zones with a named human are often the right tool. Blanket mains are the usual mistake.

Can a board require suite shutoffs?

That is a corporation rule question. The engineering of each zone still has to be honest.

Need a clear next step?

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