Sprinkler Head Escutcheon Removal
Remove old rusty escutcheons and replace them with new retrofit escutcheons.
Sprinkler head escutcheon removal. Np 1 is also available in cold rolled steel or stainless steel for the 3 4 npft size sprinkler head. Escutcheon plates also known as trim plates seal the gap between the fire sprinkler head and the ceiling. Install using required wrenches sold separately. It is available with bright brass polished chrome white and black finishes.
Simply remove old skirt and cup and replace with new split cup and skirt. Spun on a lathe one at a time escutcheons for those old style heads. Get rid of those rusty escutcheons. Argco has the only usa made escutcheons.
Fasten the retrofitted inner ring recessed cup adjustable or entire escutcheon flat around the sprinkler head. The cold rolled steel variant in this size has part number 22071. The head itself has a liquid filled glass bulb that bursts at the rated temperature to trigger the sprinkler. Argco split and tabbed replacement escutcheons allow you to replace that old rusty beat up escutcheon with a new ones without having to drain the system and remove the sprinkler head.
For flat escutcheons simply cut the plate and remove. Cut the cup adjustable or inner ring recessed using kitchen shears or pruners and remove it from the sprinkler head. Clean room escutcheons fda required food dairy pharmaceutical jobs argco has the only stainless steel escutcheons and they are usa made. When installers cut holes in the ceiling for the sprinkler heads the holes are significantly larger than the sprinkler heads themselves usually leaving a gap of well more than 1 8 between the head and the surrounding ceiling.
When the plate s temperature rating is reached it falls away to expose the sprinkler head. Np 1 escutcheons for 3 4 npt sprinkler heads part numbers 22071 and 22077. Available for 401 pendant style heads and recessed heads.