USED FIRE SPRINKLERS?
USED FIRE SPRINKLERS?
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Is there any book, standard, code, etc., that does not allows you to reinstall used sprinkler heads.
Example:
You have a new installation of 100 sprinkler heads. The job is completed even hydro tested but 6 months later when final inspection is due your technician realize that the wrong heads where installed from the beginning. You go ahead and removed the sprinkler heads and install the right ones, but wrong ones are sent back to the shop. Is there anything that will impede a contractor to used the wrong heads somewhere else? Even a year later?
I thought I saw something somewhere but I am not sure. Maybe manufacturer's specs?
The reason I asked is because I have seen it done before but it sounds more ethical than code related.
Anybody has a comment?
Is there any book, standard, code, etc., that does not allows you to reinstall used sprinkler heads.
Example:
You have a new installation of 100 sprinkler heads. The job is completed even hydro tested but 6 months later when final inspection is due your technician realize that the wrong heads where installed from the beginning. You go ahead and removed the sprinkler heads and install the right ones, but wrong ones are sent back to the shop. Is there anything that will impede a contractor to used the wrong heads somewhere else? Even a year later?
I thought I saw something somewhere but I am not sure. Maybe manufacturer's specs?
The reason I asked is because I have seen it done before but it sounds more ethical than code related.
Anybody has a comment?





RE: USED FIRE SPRINKLERS?
I didn't find a definition of "new" - but I would assume it to mean sprinklers that have not been installed elsewhere.
I would say that if the sprinklers were exposed to system pressure - whether water or air - they could not be "new" and could not be removed and reused elsewhere.
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No definition has being found to determine what is new. Yeah do you mean new out of the box? I believe just like any other consumer product once you open the box is no longer new.
As I said before it is more ethical for one reason. If on your proposal you indicate new installation including new products then is a false claim.
On the other hand relocating the sprinkler unless otherwise specified should be acceptable. Just my opinion.
I want to discuss just for contract learning purposes.
RE: USED FIRE SPRINKLERS?
A lot of times when sprinklers are relocated it is only piping that changes - unless there is a change in the requirements for the sprinklers.
The sprinklers are not removed from the piping (no tool touches the sprinkler) - so the integrity of the sprinkler is maintained.
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Totally not acceptable.