I had an engineer require ductile pipe in a pump house. Turned out to be a mess and was replaced several years later.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Nov 26, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Steve Leyton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've used it inside a building at least once as well. We ran part of an > underground main system through a parking basement to pick up a fire hydrant > on top of the podium deck above and pass through the building to dead end at > a hydrant on the far side of the property. The AHJ required it, on the > assumption that since it was a "private fire main" it should look like one, > even if the pipe wasn't buried, which is obviously ridiculous but he was > wearing a badge at the time. But let's remember that the thread wasn't > about whether you can or can't it was about the reasons it's not commonly > undertaken. > > Happy Holiday everyone, > Steve L. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 12:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Ductile Iron Pipe > > I tried to use it once where we had a dry system go from above-ground to > under-ground then above again (Don't ask - long story). But it can be > cut-grooved, so it seemed like a logical choice for the below-ground piping. > > Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. | Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. | Fire Protection Engineer > | Fargo, ND | direct: 701.552.9905 | mobile: 701.371.5759 | > http://www.kfiengineers.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of rongreenman . > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 2:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Ductile Iron Pipe > > I've seen it once in a Naval Critical Facility and it was done all wrong for > an above grade installation. I'm far too lazy to describe what was wrong but > it was REALLY wrong. > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Steve Leyton <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Right. We were going to make fitter jokes in my office until I >> pointed out that the asking of the question meant the fitter in >> question was engaged. So that's a start ... >> >> Okay, okay! Sorry fitters ... >> >> SML >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sprinklerforum [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 8:43 AM >> To: sprinkle _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
