Making clients trapeze branch lines is a good way to piss them off. Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860-535-2080 (tel:860-535-2080) (ofc) 860-554-7054 (tel:860-554-7054) (fax) 860-608-4559 (tel:860-608-4559) (cell)
> > On Nov 8, 2021 at 11:22 AM, <Brian Harris via Sprinklerforum > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > > Thanks John. Brian Harris, CET BVS Systems Inc. bvssytemsinc.com > (http://bvssytemsinc.com) -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum > <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> On Behalf Of 321 > via Sprinklerforum (x-apple-data-detectors://7) Sent: Monday, November 08, > 2021 11:16 AM To: [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) Cc: 321 > <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])>; Brian Harris > <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> Subject: Re: > Best Common Practices I recall from almost 50 years ago it was in our old > "Automatic Sprinkler Corp" Design Manual. It was originally set up that way > to eliminate "Trapeze" Hangers but it usually cut down on the number of > Branch Lines. The idea being that from a labor point of view you were > reducing the number of trips across the building. As Hydraulic Calculations > became more of a factor in our design, sometimes we could save a pipe size in the lines by using more lines...especially in a Grid. I don't think its written anywhere in the standards that I recall. John W. Farabee 561-707-5150 (tel:561-707-5150) On Monday, November 8, 2021, 10:21:43 AM EST, Brian Harris via Sprinklerforum <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: I know it's common practice to run Mains parallel with the structure and Branchlines perpendicular to it but is that written anywhere? I actually have an architect that would like to see it in writing... Brian Harris, CET BVS Systems Inc. Design Manager bvssystemsinc.com (http://bvssystemsinc.com)<http://bvssystemsinc.com/> Phone: 704.896.9989 (tel:704.896.9989) Fax: 704.896.1935 (tel:704.896.1935) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) http://lists.firesprink ler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
