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Elevated Horizontal Tanks

Thread starter chicopee
Start date Mar 10, 2010

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Mar 10, 2010

chicopee

Mechanical

AST's suspported by structural steel frameworks are 10' above ground level. Should these steel legs be protected from fire with fire resistant material in order to comply with NFPA combustible and flammable liquid code? If "yes" what type of material is acceptable and yet resistant to weather?