Schedule 40 pvc in non-combustable.....

[LMaloney]

I have a poultry proccessing plant. The architect designed the building with all non-combustable materials so that sprinklering would not be required. I am thinking that pvc would be a combustable material, so it should not be allowed to be used. Am I correct? Please site specific info. Thanks

 

[petersonra]

what makes you think PVC conduit is combustible?

 

[LMaloney]

Because it burns.

 

[petersonra]

Because it burns.

Does that make it combustible for the purposes of building out of non-combustible components?

 

[charlie b]

It was proven (in the Brown's Ferry Nuclear Plant fire, in March of 1975) that the insulation systems of cables can also catch fire. So how are you going to build that building without insulated conductors? :wink:

 

[peter d]

I have a poultry proccessing plant. The architect designed the building with all non-combustable materials so that sprinklering would not be required.

Interesting. How does he plan to make the chickens, fat, meat and feathers non-combustible?

 

[robbietan]

pvc conduits melt when exposed to fire. unlike paper, pvc does not burst into flames when ignited.