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Building Services Engineering 5th Edition Handbook

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Plant and service areas 375<br />

Tubular guide<br />

Guide rod<br />

Pipe<br />

Pipe<br />

16.8 Tubular guide support.<br />

Formed on site with<br />

pipe fittings or a<br />

bending machine<br />

Prefabricated unit<br />

16.9 Pipe expansion loop.<br />

Welded and bolted<br />

anchor point<br />

Tubular guide<br />

Thermal expansion<br />

bellows<br />

Hot-water pipe<br />

Movement<br />

Anchor<br />

16.10 Complete pipework installation for thermal expansion provision.<br />

Movement<br />

Ball joint<br />

16.11 Articulated expansion joint.<br />

A fire stop unit is used where pipes pass through a fire compartment wall or floor and incorporates<br />

structural support, vibration insulation and fire resistance within a steel flanged sleeve<br />

which is in two halves, as shown in Fig. 16.12. Silicone fire stop foam is used to seal the space<br />

around pipes. When it is exposed to heat, the foam chars to form a hard flame-resistant clinker.

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