9.3.6.6 ('07 Ed.) requires sprigs over 4'-0" to be restrained, but not
braced.Benjamin Young On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Reed Roisum <[email protected]> wrote: > 4-way bracing is required on all risers over 3 ft in length. A riser is > defined as a vertical supply pipe. I assume you are wondering if a sprig > needs to be 4-way braced if it is over 3 ft. in length? A sprig is a > vertical supply pipes but it is also defined separately so I would say no > you would not need to brace and sway bracing is required only on BLs that > are greater than 2 in dia. so I would say that would apply to the sprigs > because a sprig is a BL by definition. > > Now a RN over 3 ft. in length just going by the definitions looks like it > would need to be braced. > > Might want to check the archives cuz I think this was hashed out a couple > of years ago?? > > > Reed A. Roisum, CET > Ulteig Engineers, Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Harris > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 7:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: 4-WAY BRACES > Importance: High > > Forum- > What is the general consensus about putting 4-way braces on "any" vertical > pipe that is over 3 feet long? I was under the impression it was for Risers > only, is that not the case? > > Thanks! > > > Brian Harris > > > > > > > Design Engineer > > > > First Defense Fire Protection > 11957 Ramah Church Road > Huntersville NC 28078 > > > > > [email protected] > www.firstdefensefire.com <outbind://80/www.firstdefensefire.com> > > > > Ph: 704.948.3506 > Fax: 704.948.3507 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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]<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]<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)
