The engineer quite likely means the use of high pressure steel braided rubber hose, or something similar.
We have approved high pressure steel braided rubber hose for these situations often, as long as they installation is such that the hose remain submerged. Not a whole lot of better options that we are aware of at this point. Rich Richardson Seattle Fire Department > > Yeah you read this right. > > I'm reviewing a pacakge and the EOR has called out for flexible pipe at a > couple of areas where he thinks they can't use hard pipe to make the bends, > plus he is wanting some allowance for movement. This is on a pier. > > So I've hunted even though in all my years dabbling in this I can't recall > such an animal. Flexible connections and flexible drops are one thing but a > 10-20 ft section of "flexible" pipe? > > Anyone ever heard or seen such a thing? > > He's not called out any manufacturer and is out of town right now so I can't > ask what he had in mind. > > It's not a sprinkler system, it's a 4" manual, dry standpipe line along the > pier. > > > CH2MHILL/SPB > Craig Prahl > 864-599-4102 > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman, CET, FPE Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA Member: SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
