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home Products & services Building and renovation Technical standards for professionals Standpipes and hydrants Configure a tanker for a standpipe

Configure a tanker for a standpipe

Tanker drawing showing the air gap at the end of pipe havnig to be twice the distance of the pipe width, Australian standard AS 3500

Picture showing pipe attached to backboard of truck/ute and indicating that the air gap at the end of the pipe must be twice the distance of the pipe width.

Use and tanker drawing showing permanently attached pipes, hose connection teh air gap requirement of being twice the pipe width. Also showing a portable assembly reduce pressure zone device and a truck with a mounted assembly.

Typical installatin of a reduced pressure zone device showing flow, upstream isolating valve, strainer, test taps, downstream isolating valve and reduce pressure zone device location

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