Todd: Not quite at the mandated replacement age, but those are past the 50 year mark. Thus, either test samples or replace. More basis for your rec to replace 'em.
Dave David de Vries, P.E. On Saturday, November 26, 2011, Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > If it is a conventional head, it is unlike the others I am familiar with. The diameter, tine to tine, is 1-1/2". The tines are straight out, as they would be for a pendent sprinkler. However, the material that was between the tines has been bent down, pointing towards the base of the sprinkler. Installed, it looks like a pendent sprinkler in the upright position (which is what I told the owner and Fire Marshal) > > I have contacted Reliable, but have not heard back from them yet. These are installed under a variety of flat ceilings in a school building. I am going to be making the recommendation to replace all of the heads and want to make sure that there is nothing I need to know about first > > > At 11:45 AM 11/25/2011, you wrote: >>I bet it's a conventionall head. Bay & beam spacing? >> >>[] >> >> >>Vince Sabolik, West Tech Fire Protection, Inc. >>11351 Pearl Road / Strongsville, Ohio 44136 440 238-4800 Fax 440 238-4876 >>____________________________________________________________________ >> > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > 860.535.2080 > www.fpdc.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20111126/21f26ddb/attachment.html > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: 46da0a.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 13944 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20111126/21f26ddb/attachment.jpg > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20111126/99520ed5/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
