Coffee cans, paint cans, a piece of 6" plastic pipe on a broom handle whatever it takes, but one sure way we've found is to use the REHAU 1" polymer support bends Part # 266237 this bend has a 6" radius, (yes twice the minimum) but it's plastic, so there is no abrasion problem, the AHJ can see every bend is at least 6"R, and while not a listed product, since we don't use it to support the flex head, only control the bend, our major violation of 13 would be "Hanging or supporting off the fire sprinkler pipe." One of those "Yeah" and "Not really". Kind of like the snap lock signs that we have to put on our pipe for identification.
In any case this will only help if you don't need the 3" radius to begin with. I know other PEX mfg's have similar products out there, and maybe one has a 3"R bend support. REHAU has this available in steel as part #261153, but I don't recommend using that as abrasion becomes a concern. 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 [email protected] http://fireball.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)
