Thanks everyone for the feedback. I think we have the problem taken care of.



-----Original Message-----
From: bcasterline <[email protected]>
To: sprinklerforum <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, May 30, 2018 2:05 pm
Subject: Re: Ceiling Grids and Flex Drops

The last problem I had like this Richard was in Reno, 1979.
A Corp of Engineers guy told me I couldn't use toggles in precast  
hollow core concrete panels because it wasn't metal lath and plaster.
Since then though it seems like all the AHJs i deal with get smarter  
every year.

Brad

Quoting Richard Mote <[email protected]>:

> I have a AHJ that is questioning the use of Flex Drops especially  
> the Victaulic ones. He says that they are so flexible that when a  
> sprinkler goes off the jet effect is going to lift the sprinkler up  
> through the ceiling. I told him that the drops are mechanically  
> attached to the ceiling grid and in order to lift up they would have  
> to lift the entire weight of the ceiling grid, ceiling tiles, the  
> lights and HVAC diffusers. His answer prove, it either by letter  
> from the manufacturer or from someone a lot higher up the food chain  
> than either he or I am. Or something specific in NFPA 13 that says  
> he is wrong.
>
> Richard Mote
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