Fire Sprinkler Cover Plate Installation

You may also mail a sample or swatch from any paint manufacturer to tyco upon receiving the sample tyco matches the sample and creates the custom paint your cover plate s are painted and shipped to you.

Fire sprinkler cover plate installation. Once the cover plate is installed there should be a small gap between the ceiling and the lip of the cover plate. Install using required wrenches sold separately. When replacing cover plates it is important to purchase replacements from the same manufacturer as the fire sprinkler. An inconspicuous cover plate provides a clean look for sprinkler heads.

Choose the cover plate model for the selected sprinkler submit a sherwin williams benjamin moore or ral paint code. The fire sprinkler cover plate comes soldered to a frame piece that screws or pushes into the fire sprinkler head assembly. Each manufacturer s plate is a little different in size color and so on. Fire sprinkler helpful tips.

The solder is temperature sensitive to melt usually 20 degrees fahrenheit lower than the sprinkler head activation temperature. The head itself has a liquid filled glass bulb that bursts at the rated temperature to trigger the sprinkler. The manufacturer and temperature of a cover plate is printed on the base of the plate.