Complete Compiled Specification.pdf - Peck Ormsby Construction

4. Copper pipe connected to ferrous pipe or valves, or other non-copper items shall be
connected by means of dielectric insulating unions or fittings as manufactured by the
Patrol Valve Company, Mueller Company, or equal.
5. When making connections to meters or other devices having iron pipe size threaded
fittings, special thread to tube adapters shall be used. Such adapters shall be Crawford
Fitting Company "Swagelok," Hoke "Gyrolok," or equal.
PART 35 PLASTIC PIPE, TUBING, AND FITTINGS
A. Except as otherwise specified herein, or as called for on the Plans, plastic pipe, tubing, and
fittings shall be as follows.
1. Extruding and molding material shall be virgin material containing no scrap, re-grind, or
rework material except that, where permitted in the referenced standard specifications,
clean rework material generated from the manufacturer's own operations may be used as
long as the end product meets the requirements of this specification. Pipe and tubing,
except for drainage pipe, shall meet the requirements of the National Sanitation
Foundation Testing Laboratories Inc. and shall bear the "NSF" seal.
2. All plastic pipe delivered to the jobsite shall be plainly marked as to nominal pipe or
tubing size, type, class, schedule or pressure rating, and manufacturer.
3. Fittings shall be of the same material as the pipe and of equal or greater pressure
rating, except that drainage waste and vent (DWV) fittings need not be pressure rated;
and all fittings shall conform to the appropriate ASTM Specification. In general, fittings
for rigid pipe shall be socket type for solvent or fusion welding, and fittings for nonrigid
pipe shall be insert or flare fittings as specified or approved by the Engineer.
4. Transitions from plastic to metal or IPS pipe shall be by molded transition fittings, not
by threading the plastic pipe. Unions 2-2/2 inches and smaller shall be socket end
screwed unions, and unions 3 inches and over shall be made up of socket flanges with
1/8-inch full face soft rubber gasket. Unions shall be located where shown on the Plans
and elsewhere as directed by the Engineer for adequate access to the piping system for
inspection and cleaning.
5. Nipples for transition from plastic pipe to rubber hose shall be serrated.
PART 36 POLYVINYL-CHLORIDE (PVC) PIPE AND FITTINGS
1. PVC pipe shall be Schedule 40 or Schedule 80 as specified, PVC 1120, conforming to
the requirements of ASTM D 1785 and appendices thereto. Pipe shall be extruded from
Type I, Grade 1, Class 12454 material as specified in ASTM D 1784.
2. Fittings shall conform to ASTM D 2466 or D 2467 for pressure fittings, or to D 2665 for
DWV fittings as is appropriate to the service and pressure requirement.
3. PVC pipe shall be tested at the pressure listed in the piping schedule.
PART 37 CLASS 150 PVC PIPE
A. PVC Class 150 pipe shall meet the requirements of ASTM D 2241 except that the pipe shall
have outside diameters of ductile iron pipe sizes instead of iron pipe sizes. PVC pipe of 4-inch
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PIPING, VALVE, GATES AND SPECIALTIES MARCH 2, 2009