So... an inspection at a prison facility finds 20 institutional sidewall sprinklers painted or corroded. New sprinklers should be installed. These as well as the other 80 sidewall sprinklers in the cell block were installed incorrectly: they were tightened a quarter turn too far, placing the deflector in the vertical position rather than the horizontal position.
I don't like the idea of "loosening" the sprinklers a quarter turn to get the orientation correct. They could very well leak or the "resistant" nature of the sprinkler could be compromised. Based on NFPA I can't pull the sprinkler out and re-install it, right? Sounds like the proposal will be for new sprinklers everywhere. Any ideas? Bobby McCullough -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of larryshulman Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Heads NFPA 13-07: 6.2.1 General. Only new sprinklers shall be installed. 6.1.2.2 Reconditioned sprinklers shall not be permitted to be utilized on any new or existing system. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Jay Blocker Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Heads Is there some where written that says you cant reinstall the heads after removal? I am coming up blank in my search on this old rule. JB _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
