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Considering Sprinkler Trade-offs?  

Safti First

In this Ask Tim episode, Tim Nass explains that before considering deluge sprinklers as a cost-saving alternative to fire resistive glazing used in 1 and 2 hour assemblies, there are some things architects and building owners should know. The use of deluge sprinklers with non-rated glass must first be approved by the AHJ.

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Weekly Product Gallery: Fire protection products

Contractor Magazine

This week’s gallery focuses on fire protection products: a fire sprinkler head adapter that connects sprinkler heads to piping systems; two energy-efficient fire pump models; an instrument providing automated pressure and temperature testing for commercial and residential plumbing installations; a fire sprinkler system for multipurpose or standalone (..)

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Why fire sprinklers belong above suspended drop-out ceilings

Construction Specifier

Drop-out ceilings provide an alternative to ‘poke-through’ sprinkler installations and avoid the need to install drops from sprinkler mains so sprinklers can penetrate the ceiling and discharge water into the room below. Installation is also simplified by not having to position sprinklers at the centers of panels.

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Promote the plumbing trade: recruiting high school students

Contractor Magazine

A handful of the most recent issues in the industry, affecting all contractors, are education and training, residential fire sprinklers, green building, and lead free piping. All these issues warrant further investigation (we have done intensive articles on all these topics throughout the years).

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Special interests: How we resolve conflicting marketing messages

Construction Marketing Ideas

Yesterday, in preparation for a Chicago Construction News feature related to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)’s Conference and Expo , I interviewed NFPA president Jim Pauley. He made convincing arguments for the long-standing NFPA call for residential sprinkler systems to be essential for new home construction.

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Design-Build gets sweeter: Expanding a Hershey plant with a high-tech approach

The Korte Company

This half of the job involved liquid unloading bays, custom pumps and an intricate, suspended network of mixed flexible piping. A beam clashed with a duct, or a pipe lay where a fire sprinkler system needed to go. Things got interesting in phase two: a two-story processing and packaging addition.

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F.E. Moran Fire Protection educates customers online | Fire.

Contractor Magazine

Piping Fire Sprinklers. Piping Contractor. Home > Piping > Fire Sprinklers > F.E. Moran Fire Protection educates customers online. Moran Fire Protection educates customers online. Moran Fire Protection has launched its new website, www.femoranfp.com. Digital Issue.