Fire protection pipe marking requirement
Fire protection pipe marking requirement
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My safety department tells me I need to paint all of my sprinkler pipe red, whether it is in a warehouse or a residential building. The Safety people could not provide a reference for this. What is required to be marked? If using pipe labels, what is the frequency of marking? Please provide a reference.





RE: Fire protection pipe marking requirement
Only just seen the post, hence the late reply.
WHat does it say in NFPA 13 (assuming you are in the US)or whatever national standard you are working to?
James
RE: Fire protection pipe marking requirement
RE: Fire protection pipe marking requirement
BS 1710:1984 "Specification for identification of pipelines and services"
From memory, this allows for banding of pipes, rather than full colouring.
If you are not based in the UK, there may be a similar standard (I'm surprised that NFPA doesn't give details or a reference for this – though I have just had a quick look and can’t find anything about the colour of pipework either)
James
RE: Fire protection pipe marking requirement
In Australia, Australiam Standard 1345:1995 (available on-line from www.standards.com.au) would generally permit the choice of (a) paint red all over, (b) paint red bands located as for markers or (c) pipe markers (white letters on red background for fire services. However, if there are several fire service lines side by side, red all over or red bands would not be sufficient, markers would be required as well.
Markers shall be adjacent to all junctions, valves, service appliances, bulkheads, wall penetrations etc and at spacings not greater than every 8 metres along the line (except for long, clearly visible lines where spacing up to 50 metres is permitted)
On new lines, it's easy enough to paint them red all over, and this is commonly done, but it's a waste of money to repaint an existing line.
RE: Fire protection pipe marking requirement
RE: Fire protection pipe marking requirement
RE: Fire protection pipe marking requirement
RE: Fire protection pipe marking requirement
The following standard defines recommended colors for industrial piping systems:
ASME(ANSI) A13.1-1996 Standard
Bright red paint with white lettering is recommended ofr fire protection piping:
Several companies produce paint/lettering to meet this ASME requirement
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Gimmie a star....
MJC
RE: Fire protection pipe marking requirement