I believe that Tyco and Spears have CPVC that is listed for use with their own special low pressure dry systems. Don't mistake that for "....cpvc listed for use in dry systems...." two different issues
Rod at Rapid -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Forest Wilson Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 8:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CPVC Applications I think Tyco has a CPVC listed for use in dry systems? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 17, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Rod DiBona <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian, > > Don't assume that because you have a wood framed building that you must > sprinkler the attic. Check with the engineer of record to see if this system > is supposed to be a 13 or 13R. Secondly you can't run over an ordinary hazard > room in a light hazard occupancy with cpvc unless the room is 400 ft or less. > And lastly CPVC is not listed for a dry system and you can definitely not use > it. A read of the blazemaster install and specification manual is highly > recommended. > > Rod at Rapid > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian > Harris > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 7:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CPVC Applications > > I'm doing a daycare facility and was leaning towards using BlazeMaster CPVC > but have a quick question. I know that it is listed and approved for light > hazard areas which is 90% of the project, what do you do for the other 10%? > Do I need to run steel for the Kitchen, Janitor's Closet, and small Storage > closet? Also, since this is a wood framed building I need to sprinkle the > Attic but since it cannot be used for storage it is light hazard as well, any > reason I can't use CPVC for the dry system as well? > > Brian Harris, CET > BVS Systems Inc. > Sprinkler Division > bvssystemsinc.com<http://bvssystemsinc.com/> > Phone: 704.896.9989 > Fax: 704.896.1935 > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
