Hello George, The AHJ is suggesting we reuse the heads to save cost while I bid the job with replacing all the heads.
Monday, July 2, 2007, 1:07:06 PM, you wrote: > Only new heads shall be used. > I'm not looking it up, but I doubt there's much reading between the lines on > this one. Despite that, a friend who's on #13 told me (and maybe on the > Forum, don't recall, hence he remains unnamed here) he knows better but > cannot compete in his market if he didn't re-use them as you want to- and > maybe (until a lawsuit) it's a local tradition sort of thing. > In this case, it looks like the AHJ is enforcing the code, and I don't know > where to find a leg to stand on that would hold up to the inevitable > question "what didn't you understand about only new heads shall be used?". > glc > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles > Thurston > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Remodel Jobs > Hello sprinklerforum, > Minor debate with an AHJ over reusing heads in a space that is > remodeling. 6.2.1 Will only allow new heads to be installed. I know > about removing the head reducer from the pipe and putting back on a > new pipe to move a head, But these are 401 style and the reducer is > covered by the cup. IS there anything in NFPA13 to allow reuse of > heads when a space is remodeled ? -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
