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Manual No.F6015 April 15,1997 INSTALLATION SMITH , Two-piece Secondary Containment Pipe & Fittings IMPORTANT • READ THIS FIRST Before beginning actual assembly proce Fiberglass fillers are required for all ad- Socket joints behave entirely differently dures,read and make sure all individuals hesive kits when installing two-piece fit- than tapered bell and spigot joints in rela- involved in the installation thoroughly tings. Each adhesive kit size(standard or tion to weather conditions. The adhesive understand the following suggestions and large)has a corresponding fiIIer kit. in socket joints may try to"run out"dur- precautions: Use of approved field scarfing tools is rec- ing the hot summer months. The adhe- You must use Manual No.F6000(or ommended to obtain a uniform scarf di- sive needs to be thick(filled)and viscous F6010 with CHEM THREAD®product) mension and a snug fit. During set up of during assembly of socket joints. (Note: with these instructions. the scarfing tools,dry fit to make sure the This is exactly opposite the requirement two halves of the fittings close together for a thin layer of adhesive for the tapered In all cases,the bonding surfaces must be g joints used in the primary piping.) While clean and dry before applying adhesive. completely on both sides(see Fig.6). All bondingsurfaces must factory fresh Hand sanding to obtain a scarf may result applying adhesive,use pressure on the ry in appearance. When machined ends have n teither too muchor too in removal of brush to"wet out"machined surfaces be- been stored in direct sunlight,surfaces will little material. fore applying a thick layer of adhesive. weather and result in loss of bond strength. Do not move secondary containment The instructions for assembling the prima- When surfaces are weathered,sand or re- joints prior to adhesive cure. ry piping are shown in Manual No.F6000 scarf spigots and sand sockets to achieve a (or F6010 for CHEM THREAD product), factory fresh appearance. Joint strength is essentially controlled by which must be used with these instruc- the adhesive thickness in the socket joints. tions for containment systems. INTRODUCTION epoxy resin pipe. Note: Other types of contain- These instructions cover only the assembly of the ment pipe are available on special order; however, secondary system. Manual No. F6000 (or F6010 for the joint fit for standard containment fittings must CHEM THREAD product) must be used with these in- be checked for the various types of pipe. Fittings structions. Procedures common to both systems, are manufactured with vinyl ester resin and randomly such as cutting, handling, adhesive mixing, etc., are oriented glass fibers. Fitting manufacturing process is presented in Manual No. F6000 and F6010. by either the compression molding process, or the These installation instructions are for low pressure contact molding process. Contact molding includes (drain) secondary containment systems. All refer- spray-up and/or hand lay-up process. ences to secondary containment systems in these in- structions are related only to low pressure,gravity drain systems. (Note: A KwiKey®mechanical joint secondary containment product line is available for higher pressure secondary containment systems. These higher pressure systems require separate instal- lation procedures that are not referenced in these in- structions.) The secondary containment system is designed for use with RED THREAD®II, GREEN THREAD*, POLY THREAD®and CHEM THREAD primary (product) i pipe. " The secondary containment piping system consists of the next larger pipe size (as a minimum) and spe- cial two-piece fittings. The standard secondary con- tainment pipe is RED THREAD II, a filament wound SMITH FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS INC.-A SUBSIDIARY OF A.O.SMITH CORPORATION 2700 W.65TH ST.,LITTLE ROCK,AR 72209-8592.501-568-4010- FAX 501-568-4465