No. I came from the broad requirement that BL's larger than 2/1/2 require a sway brace and some of us questioning what do you do when ONLY the starter piece (being rather short) is larger the 2-1/2. The old way required a brace on a potentially 2 ft piece of pipe.
Roland On May 7, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Thom McMahon wrote: > Doesn't this originate with the old pipe schedule design that called > for the > starter piece of the branch line with 10 heads to be 2-1/2"? > An while a std. spacing to the first head would not normally exceed > 12'-0" > from the main or cross main, more than that would affect the > flexibility of > the branch line? > > Thom McMahon, SET > Firetech, Inc. > 2560 Copper Ridge Dr > P.O. Box 882136 > Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 > Tel: 970-879-7952 > Fax: 970-879-7926 > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
