Hello drbryan123, Well I just tried some HDG in some anchors, couplings, and plain nuts and it did not fit without wire brushing the HDG off the end of the rod. We use stainless quite a bit replacing hangers in the parking garages here exposed to the salt air coming off the ocean in Myrtle Beach.
Thursday, February 8, 2007, 11:10:55 AM, you wrote: > Here's a question for the forum... > > We have a project requiring hot dipped galvanized (HDG) all thread > rod in a parking garage (concrete tee construction). > The engineer is adamant that everything should be HDG or stainless. Electro > plated finish is out. > We are looking at using stainless steel hilti HDIs. > However some of our field people are concerned that HDG atr will > not screw into a HDI or a standard 3/8" or 1/2" rod coupling. One > person remembered a project years ago where he had to use couplings > with a special type of thread that would accept HDG threads. > Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with it? We have been > asking vendors and manufacturers but no one (so far) seems to have any idea. > > David Bryan > FPI > Phila > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and > security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from > across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
