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Guide to Protection of Above Ground Piping (NFPA 14 - 2013 Edition)

Published by City of Kitchener

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Type: Guide
Published by: City of Kitchener
Date: Revised July 2025
Also called: standpipe - protection of above ground piping guide
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 2
Agencies: Building Division
Instruments: Ontario Building Code · NFPA 14

Overview

A two-page guide from the City of Kitchener Building Division on when the above ground piping of a standpipe system is protected with a fire-resistance rating in a building with an automatic sprinkler system. It cites Ontario Building Code Division B 3.2.5.9.(1), quotes the NFPA 14 (2013) definitions of branch line, feed main, standpipe and horizontal standpipe and subsection 6.1.2, and includes a schematic of the elements that would be protected.

What it covers

Standpipe Protection
3.3 General Definitions
6.1.2 Protection of Aboveground Piping

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