Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

  • Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

RPZ Horizontal Installation

Status
Not open for further replies.

texanman

Mechanical
Joined
May 21, 2008
Messages
37
Location
US
RPZ requires horizontal installation. Most of the lease finish-outs don't have space allocated for this install. Is above the ceiling acceptable and ok location?
Thanks.
 
You are incorrect in stating that an RPZ requires horizontal installation. There are several rated rpz that are allowed to be vertical.

Go to for a list of which backflow protectors are rated for vertical flow.

If the rpz is small(~1" or less), above the ceiling can be worked - I wouldn't do it because you still have to drain the relief so you will have a pipe coming out of the ceiling to the drain
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor

Back
Top