I guess I should have asked like this: "In a new 13R Hotel, the nonmetallic sprinkler piping better be orange, right?"
David Autry Meininger Fire Protection Inc. 2521 W L St. Suite No.4 Lincoln, Ne 68522 Voice (402) 466-2616 Fax (402) 466-2617 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Leyton Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 10:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Plastic Sprinkler Pipe Right ... for CPVC. Heads up everyone on the new terminology. The 13's all amended for 2013 to use the term "nonmetallic" instead of "plastic" for universal references. There are distinctions between PEX and CPVC in the material standards and they are referred to individually as applicable. But if you're going to be picky about word-smithing, the answer to David's question is no because PEX listed for fire protection is milky white. SML -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rongreenman . Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 8:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Plastic Sprinkler Pipe As far as I know that's true for CVPC. There are other colors of CPVC for plumbing applications, and Lubrizol has a "gold" yellow color CPVC that is compatible with orange CPVC for the plumbing only portions of combination systems, but all CPVC listed for fire is orange. Grinnell used to make pipe that was red or or very reddish-orange if you will, but that's been gone for a long time. Last I know is all brands of fire listed CPVC are made from pellets solely supplied by Lubrizol. On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 8:06 AM, David Autry <[email protected]> wrote: > I always assumed all listed plastic sprinkler piping was orange in color. > Is this a true assumption? > > David Autry > > Meininger Fire Protection Inc. > 2521 W L St. Suite No.4 > Lincoln, Ne 68522 > Voice (402) 466-2616 > Fax (402) 466-2617 > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.org > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. Kettering, inventor and engineer (1876-1958) _______________________________________________ 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.o rg _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
