Fire Sprinkler Cover Plate Installation

Install using required wrenches sold separately.

Fire sprinkler cover plate installation.

The head itself has a liquid filled glass bulb that bursts at the rated temperature to trigger the sprinkler. An inconspicuous cover plate provides a clean look for sprinkler heads. Once the cover plate is installed there should be a small gap between the ceiling and the lip of the cover plate. The manufacturer and temperature of a cover plate is printed on the base of the plate.

Choose the cover plate model for the selected sprinkler submit a sherwin williams benjamin moore or ral paint code. When the plate s temperature rating is reached it falls away to expose the sprinkler head. The fire sprinkler cover plate comes soldered to a frame piece that screws or pushes into the fire sprinkler head assembly. This is to allow heat to flow from a fire to the three solder spots ensuring the cover releases on time during an emergency.

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. Each manufacturer s plate is a little different in size color and so on. The solder is temperature sensitive to melt usually 20 degrees fahrenheit lower than the sprinkler head activation temperature.