Hello Craig, Been done in North of the border in South Carolina also.
Friday, July 19, 2013, 11:28:18 AM, you wrote: > South of the border I've seen entire systems installed with nothing > but mechanical tees. They didn't fabricate anything. > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > CH2MHILL Extension 74102 > [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt > Grise > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 11:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Mechanical Tees REPLY > I have seen them prohibited under nfpa 13 6.4.6.1 because they are > not a one-piece fitting (the saddle and also the strap). I did not > agree with the interpretation, but that was the given reason. > Matt Grisé PE*, LEED AP, NICET II > Sales Engineer > Alliance Fire Protection > 130 w 9th Ave. > North Kansas City, MO 64116 > *Licensed in KS & MO > 913.888.0647 ph > 913.888.0618 f > 913.927.0222 cell > www. AFPsprink.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Mechanical Tees REPLY > Ladies/Gentlemen: > As designers/specifiers (former fitter/installer), I see no reason > to prohibit mechanical tees from (vitually) any commercial project. > Our PE/FPE's do not restrict their use and, frankly, they can come in pretty > handy at times. > If anyone knows of an actual "Code"/NFPA-13 citation, I would sure > love to hear it. That said - and engineering "judgement" > acknowledged - if the project spec's prohibit MT's - then they > cannot be used, in my opinion. They are used on our projects all the > time. Also, our inspectors (retired State Fire > Marshals) have no 'grievances' against MT's. > "Roust-a-Bout" fittings - now that is a different matter. Are they still > used?? > Regards to all, > Jerry > [email protected] > Jerry D. Watts, SFPE > President & Co-Founder > ACCENT FIRE ENGINEERING INT'L. Ltd.* > Santa Fe, New Mexico USA > (800) 503.1961 > *Licensed Fire Engineers - Architects/Inspectors/Fire > Investigators: AZ CA CO NM NV NY TX UT KS MD MS > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
