If your plastic fittings are enclosed in a curtain of spray, they are unlikely to melt or burn. It's all very well to define optimum practices, but if they result in people not taking measures because of their unaffordability, it is not helpful. After attending a workshop, i have spent $200 on pipes and fittings for a DIY system. I will extend it, but already it's fairly impressive. Bushfires typically move through very quickly and quite minor protective measures can tip the balance from burning to not burning. Get stuff wet, that is the secret. Wet stuff does not burn. I have a lot of treated pine landscaping and the sections that did not burn were the ones i hosed down the night before the fire came through. And I don't have 100,000s of litres of water. Do what you can afford, and use what you have, don't worry about the 'experts' telling you it's not good enough.
Is part of the problem in LA and Hawaii house fires from their use of bituminous tiles on the roof of their homes, spreading bituminous embers across the suburbs. Please investigate.
This was fascinating, thankyou for sharing this evilving science.
Fantastic work 😊
Thank you!
Hello from Los Angeles- Palisades fire 2024. Excellent presentation. Im installing flat fan under eaves around house this year.
If your plastic fittings are enclosed in a curtain of spray, they are unlikely to melt or burn. It's all very well to define optimum practices, but if they result in people not taking measures because of their unaffordability, it is not helpful. After attending a workshop, i have spent $200 on pipes and fittings for a DIY system. I will extend it, but already it's fairly impressive. Bushfires typically move through very quickly and quite minor protective measures can tip the balance from burning to not burning. Get stuff wet, that is the secret. Wet stuff does not burn. I have a lot of treated pine landscaping and the sections that did not burn were the ones i hosed down the night before the fire came through. And I don't have 100,000s of litres of water. Do what you can afford, and use what you have, don't worry about the 'experts' telling you it's not good enough.
100% my DIY sprinklers where a major part of me saving 2 dwellings & 5 sheds, all old & timber in 2019 near Cobargo - you summed it up perfectly.
Is part of the problem in LA and Hawaii house fires from their use of bituminous tiles on the roof of their homes, spreading bituminous embers across the suburbs.
Please investigate.