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- SECTION 10551
-
- MAIL CHUTES
- NOTE ** This section is based on products manufactured by
- Valiant Products, Inc., at the following address:
- NOTE ** 939 West Quincy Street
- NOTE ** P.O. Box 405
- NOTE ** Lakeland FL 33802
- NOTE ** Telephone (800) 659-1797
- NOTE ** FAX (941) 683-9749
- NOTE **
- NOTE ** This section includes vertical mail chutes for
- multi-story buildings, designed for private mail
- collection service (not serviced by United States
- Postal Service personnel).
- NOTE **
- NOTE ** SECTION 10551 - MAIL CHUTES, Copyright 1996, The
- Architect's Catalog, Inc.
-
-
- PART 1 GENERAL
-
- 1.1 SECTION INCLUDES
-
- A. Mail chutes.
-
- 1.2 RELATED SECTIONS
- NOTE ** Delete any sections below not relevant to this
- project; add others as required.
-
- A. Section 03300 - Cast-In-Place Concrete.
-
- B. Section 07840 - Firestopping.
-
- C. Section 09260 - Gypsum Board Systems.
-
- D. Section 09900 - Paints and Coatings.
-
- E. Section 15300 - Fire Protection.
-
- F. Section 15810 - Ducts.
-
- 1.3 REFERENCES
-
- A. ASTM A 36/A 36M - Standard Specification for Carbon
- Structural Steel.
-
- B. ASTM A 463/A 463M - Standard Specification for Steel
- Sheet, Aluminum-Coated, By the Hot-dip Process.
-
- C. ASTM A 653/A 653M - Standard Specification for Steel
- Sheets, Zinc-coated (Galvanized) or Zinc-Iron Alloy-
- Coated (Galvannealed) by the Hot-Dip Process.
-
- D. ASTM A 666 - Standard Specification for Austenitic
- Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat Bar.
-
- E. UL - Underwriters Laboratory, Inc.
-
- 1.4 SUBMITTALS
-
- A. Submit under provisions of Section 01300.
-
- B. Product Data: Manufacturer's descriptive literature for
- products specified in this section.
-
- C. Shop Drawings: Indicate locations, vertical construction
- and anchorage details, dimensions, rough openings
- required, size and tolerances of floor openings.
-
- D. Quality Assurance Submittals: Manufacturer's printed
- installation instructions for products specified in this
- section.
-
- E. Closeout Submittals:
- 1. Operation and maintenance data for maintenance of
- system, including sight-exposed finishes and
- operating hardware.
- 2. Warranty documents: Issued and executed by
- manufacturer of mail chutes, bearing Owner's name.
-
- 1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE
-
- A. Manufacturer Qualifications: Minimum five (5) years
- documented experience producing products specified in
- this section.
-
- B. Installer Qualifications: Minimum three (3) years
- documented experience installing air-handling sheet metal
- ducts.
-
- C. Pre-installation Meetings:
- 1. Convene at job site seven (7) calendar days prior to
- scheduled beginning of construction activities of
- this section to review requirements of this section.
- 2. Require attendance by representatives of the
- following:
- a. Installer of this section.
- b. Other entities directly affecting, or affected
- by, construction activities of this section.
- 3. Notify Architect four (4) calendar days in advance of
- scheduled meeting date.
-
- 1.6 SEQUENCING
-
- A. Ensure that openings in horizontal slabs are correctly
- located, aligned and sized for mail chutes.
-
- B. Ensure that fire protection piping is correctly located
- and sized for connection to sprinkler heads mounted in
- mail chutes.
-
- C. Sequence construction activities of this section to
- prevent cutting of adjacent materials, including drywall
- system.
-
- D. Sequence construction activities of related sections to
- ensure that closure walls around chute are erected only
- after construction activities of this section are
- completed.
-
- 1.7 WARRANTY
-
- A. Manufacturer's Warranty: Supply mail chute
- manufacturer's standard warranty against defects in
- product workmanship and materials.
-
-
- PART 2 PRODUCTS
-
- 2.1 MANUFACTURERS
-
- A. Acceptable Manufacturer: Valiant Products, Inc.; 939
- West Quincy Street, P.O. Box 405, Lakeland FL 33802;
- Telephone (800) 659-1797, FAX (941) 683-9749.
-
- B. Substitutions: Not permitted.
-
- 2.2 MANUFACTURED UNITS
-
- A. Mail and Package Chute:
- 1. Acceptable Product: Valiant Products, Inc., Model P-
- 38.
- 2. Components:
- a. Chute: Fabricated of aluminum-coated steel sheet
- conforming to ASTM A 463; minimum 14 gage sheet
- thickness; 18 inches by 18 inches cross-section
- by height required for indicated number of floors
- and floor-to-floor dimensions, with number and
- locations of openings for indicated number of
- floors and floor-to-floor dimensions.
- b. Intake Units: Doors and frames fabricated of
- stainless steel sheet conforming to ASTM A 666,
- minimum 22 gage sheet thickness; door opening 12
- inches wide by 15 inches high, UL B Label fire
- rating, bottom-hinged, manual-opening, self-
- closing.
- c. Horizontal Discharge Door: Fabricated of
- galvanized steel sheet conforming to ASTM A 653/A
- 653M, minimum G90/Z275 coating, minimum 12 gage
- sheet thickness, with 1-1/2 inches by 1-1/2
- inches galvanized steel angle reinforcement;
- spring-loaded hinge; UL-approved 165 degrees F
- fusible link hold-open device.
- d. Package Slow-Down: Neoprene, 1 inch thick;
- attached to mail-container side of horizontal
- discharge door.
- e. Sprinkler Head: Brass I.P.S. sprinkler head with
- 1/2 inch diameter pipe connection, automatically
- activated at 165 degrees F; located above top
- intake unit and at intake units at alternating
- floors below.
-
- B. Chute Supports: Fabricated of 1-1/2 inches by 1-1/2
- inches steel angle conforming to ASTM A 36/A 36M, with
- one coat factory-applied primer.
-
- C. Concrete Anchors: Type recommended by chute
- manufacturer.
-
- 2.3 FABRICATION
-
- A. Mail and Package Chute:
- 1. Factory-assemble to maximum extent possible, after
- considering shipping and installation limitations.
- 2. Weld or lock-seam joints not required to be open for
- shipping or assembling chute sections in field.
- 3. Fabricate chute sections to flash into section below
- to form smooth intersections; projecting bolts,
- clips, or other items not permitted.
- 4. Form throat in chute wall for each indicated opening
- intake door.
- 5. Fabricate and position support frames for correct
- intake levels, in accordance with approved shop
- drawings; provide expansion joint between successive
- support frames.
-
- B. Intake doors: Bolt in place on throats formed in chute.
-
-
- PART 3 EXECUTION
-
- 3.1 EXAMINATION
-
- A. Verification of Conditions:
- 1. Openings in horizontal slabs are correctly located,
- aligned and sized for mail chutes.
- 2. Fire protection piping is correctly located and sized
- for connection to sprinkler heads mounted in mail
- chutes.
-
- B. Installer's Examination:
- 1. Have installer of this section examine conditions
- under which construction activities of this section
- are to be performed, then submit written notification
- if such conditions are unacceptable.
- 2. Transmit two copies of installer's report to
- Architect within 24 hours of receipt.
- 3. Beginning construction activities of this section
- before unacceptable conditions have been corrected is
- prohibited.
- 4. Beginning construction activities of this section
- indicates installer's acceptance of conditions.
-
- 3.2 INSTALLATION
- NOTE ** Delete paragraphs below referencing sections not
- relevant to this project; add others as required.
- Verify Section Numbers.
-
- A. Forming of slab openings is specified in Section 03300.
-
- B. Installation of firestopping materials is specified in
- Section 07840.
-
- C. Installation of mail and package chute enclosure is
- specified in Section 09260.
-
- D. Field finishing of sight-exposed aluminum-coated metal
- surfaces is specified in Section 09900.
-
- E. Connection of sprinkler heads to fire protection piping
- is specified in Section 15300.
- NOTE ** Retain paragraph below.
-
- F. Install mail and package chute components in accordance
- with shop drawings and manufacturer's printed
- installation instructions; align to specified plumb and
- level tolerances, and anchor in accordance with
- requirements.
-
- 3.3 ADJUSTING
-
- A. Adjust intake unit and discharge doors to operate
- correctly.
-
- 3.4 PROTECTION OF INSTALLED PRODUCTS
-
- A. Protect stainless steel finishes from damage by
- subsequent construction activities.
-
-
- END OF SECTION
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