I am doing CA on a project where the contractor was allowed to “reuse” existing piping to supply new sprinklers and drops in areas of renovation. Apparently they demo’d sections of pipe and rehung to supply new sprinklers (it was obvious because the salvaged sections were painted and adjacent lengths were not☺). In my mind I shouldn’t have to do anything except say, “you can’t do that!”. However, I’ve been asked to find references in our spec and/or the codes and standards that prohibits hanging demo’d pipe.
Our spec does say “Install pipes and pipe fittings in accordance with NFPA Standards.” Wondering if anyone knows of any language in NFPA 13 or elsewhere that would bolster my argument beyond saying that it is “commonly understood” or “standard practice”? My view is that we gave permission to utilize existing piping; once they removed it, the pipe became demolished piping, not existing. Unfortunately we are using the owner’s spec and not ours so there is more opportunity for shenanigans ☺. Thank you. Reed Roisum Reed A. Roisum, SET | Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. | Senior Fire Protection Designer | Fargo, ND | direct: 701.552.9903 | mobile: 701.388.1352 | KFIengineers.com<http://www.kfiengineers.com> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________
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