that is the route i chose: valve close to the riser. I was worried about corrosion of a sometimes wet, usually dry, galvanized pipe (sure galvy is better, but not invincible either) then I got to thinking...why not put in plastic underground and stub up with steel were the FDC comes up out of the ground?
scot deal excelsior fire On 9/23/07, Tom Duross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wouldn't you want the valve as close to the wet riser inside anyway? > If you buried steel (I'd use ductile) wouldn't you use galvy 40 anyway? > Now you have no freezing issues assuming it doesn't drop underground. > _______________________________________________ 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)
