Because Life Safety Matters.

Cast Iron Soil Pipe is Dedicated to Life Safety

The DWV plumbing system for your building can be a life safety issue. Cast iron is non-combustible and doesn’t require complex and expensive fire-stopping systems. According to the NFPA, it is estimated that there are 14,500 structure fires in high-rise buildings each year in the U.S. alone.

Cast iron soil pipe and fittings provide a superior option in fire safety when it comes to combustibility, installation and fire resistance.

Because cast iron piping will not melt or burn away, sealing a cast iron penetration is simpler, faster and more cost effective. 

Today’s commercial buildings are constructed with fire-rated separations. These separations contain the spread of flame and smoke. The critical juncture for plumbers is when fire separations are penetrated with piping systems. For combustible materials like plastic, these penetrations must be sealed back at significant expense to the original fire integrity of the compartment with a fire stopping system tested by a nationally recognized lab to ASTM E-814 Smoke and Flame Spread test.

Cast iron piping will not melt or burn away in a fire, meaning designers and engineers can avoid the added cost and complexity of adding fire stopping materials to their piping assemblies for every penetration in a building. All that is required to seal a cast iron penetration is some mineral wool batting and fire-resistant caulking around the pipe. Simpler, faster and much more cost effective. And the more floors in the building, the greater the cost savings.