You can get flexibility by using flex groove couplings. As I recall Victaulic had info in their old design manual. Just place several 4"-6" apart off you go with a listed product. . .
Mike Cabral ---- George Church <[email protected]> wrote: > Can't use hard pipe to make the bends.... > Has he tried using those "elbow" thingies we often put on the end of a pipe > if we want to make a bend? They're far faster and more predictable than > bending the pipe. > > Otherwise, if they're trying to make an odd angle and can't use a pair of > 90's to make a swing, a metraflex type of connection - far less than 10' > long, could do the trick. > > Friction loss not an issue? Not to mention, cost of a 4" diam 10' long > flexdrop. > > glc > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Flexible Pipe > > 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
