Re: New guy here... with a question.

From: <Christopher>
Date: Fri Sep 07 2007 - 14:45:00 EDT

On Sep 7, 2007, at 8:57 AM, David wrote:

> I have ran into a situation where I need to pass an 8" sch40 steel
> pipe
> w/flanges through a concrete floor to a tank below.

Interesting problem with lots of things you didn't mention. Why do you care about the gap? Cosmetic reasons, leakage, noise? Are you supporting the pipe on the floor at this point? How likely is the pipe to be hit by anything moving across the floor like a hand truck or a forklift. Have you thought about relative motion between the pipe and the floor? (If you haven't you should). What's in the pipe? Is it hot? or cold? Does the temperature vary? Are there water hammer or expansion issues?

I'm inclined to doubt you'll be able to find something mass-produced for a particular gap, but you might have some luck using a plastic slip-on flange to surround the pipe and partly fill the gap and act as a form to allow grouting. The biggest problem you'll have is relative movement. Don't try to seal the gap completely with anything that isn't resilient. And don't bother with anything resilient if you need to carry support loading into the floor. You'll need a separate anchor like a riser clamp for that. If you don't know how to figure the support loading, you should get help. It isn't rocket science, but it's not something you do on the back of an envelope.

If it's strictly decorative, you might be able to use something like this <<a href="http://crown-molding.com/index.asp?">http://crown-molding.com/index.asp?</a> Category=257&PageAction=VIEWCATS> but if it's an industrial environment it may look a little hokey and will doubtless get beat up over time. It won't take any sort of service loading.

Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=3PbNPWBit5qwtaUNUXOrDzZLT0Gf0i6O-31GlDwS2k2sWsn44DzlH3CiCTfT05MhfqCDN-VLo4mLaeFT9Mg">chrisw@skypoint.com</a> | this distance" (last words of Gen.

.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania

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