All the AHJ's in my area (Atlanta) have always accepted the relocation of an existing sprinkler as long as you don't remove it from the fitting to which it is attached.
Lamar Vaughn Vaughn & Company ---- "Phelps wrote: > what about flex drops > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Greg > McGahan > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Re-using Fire Sprinklers in TI's > > > That's a very hard sell in a add/relocate situation with older model > sprinklers that cannot or at the least cannot easily be matched. And it > probably contributes to global warming. > > Greg McGahan > > Living Water Fire Protection > (850) 937.1850 | Fax (850) 937.1852 | Cell (850) 554.3231 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re-using Fire Sprinklers in TI's > > This subject was brought up in a committee meeting once. The question by a > committee member was is it NFPA 13's intent that only new sprinklers can > be installed. The chair responded that that it is and has been the > requirement. The discussion that led to this answer was on the > reinstallation of sprinklers in existing sprinklered tenet spaces. > > Phillip A. Brown,SET,CFPS > Director of Technical Program Development and Codes > American Fire Sprinkler Association > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
