RE: Code Velocity Maximums Plastic Pipe Materials

From: <Steve>
Date: Thu Aug 18 2005 - 15:38:00 EDT

Howdy
Cant help you with a Code upper limit (AWWA may be worth a look)but note you make mention of building services. For building services, we normally run a little larger than the economic diameter for reasons of (among others) noise control. If you are looking at high velocities in a building, look carefully at noise requirements as they can bite; I got bitten by a library. The problems of water hammer and pressure regulation you will already be aware of. I am currently running some PE gravity mains at 4.5 - 5 m/s (have head to burn, but flows arent large enough to justify any form of regeneration)without problems, but there are no valves or branches.

Cheers

Steve

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Please advise what Code limits there are for the use of plastic pipe materials in building services. I am not looking for generalisations or manufacturers ideas but hard and fast clauses that may appear in a specification.

The situation I have is where energy costs a fraction of what it does in the USA and therefore the NPV of Capex and Opex is different. So generalisations of maximum velocites are meaningless.

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Received on Thu Aug 18 15:38:00 2005