Innovation in Mechanical Trade Firestop System
Much of the innovation in plastic pipes can be seen in the Mechanical
trade for plastic pipe penetrations. The traditional practice of
applying Firestop to plastic pipes have been firestop sealants. This
not only becomes tedious to install at sometimes, but it also is not
inspection friendly. This is where we see industry innovating the
Firestop devices for plastic pipes by introducing Firestop systems
which can be easily cast in during the stage of roofing. When it
gets cast in the roof at the roofing stage, a piping contractor can
later locate these devices easily visually and then pass the pipes by
simply opening the lid of the devices. At the same time, it becomes
very easy for an inspector to visually look at such devices cast in a
roof without touching it. Please find below the picture of one of such
devices.