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Snappitz Warranty

Snappitz supports are warrantied against the absorption of moisture or vapor and any structural or environmental damage resulting from mold or mildew. K. B. Enterprises’ liability is expressly limited to the replacement material and labor costs only, and in no event will the company be responsible for any other costs or loss, including but not limited to loss of business, profits, downtime, or delay, after the 20 year warranty period, or resulting from incorrect installation, or exterior forces in excess of the designed weights of the pipe, or any form of degradation resulting from any type of act of God.

K. B. Enterprises’ warranty terms and conditions certificate is available from K. B. Enterprises upon request.

Snappitz Warranty

K. B. Enterprises purchased both Mechanical Pipe Shields Manufacturing LLC and B & B Mechanical Insulation LLC and stands solely behind its warranty.

K. B. Enterprises offers a life-time warranty against defects in material and workmanship. K. B. Enterprises warranties Snappitz Thermal Insulated Pipe Supports for a period of 20 years from the initial date of purchase. Snappitz Insulated pipe supports are warrantied to be free of any component defects or defects in manufacturing workmanship, as well as inherent component properties or that could cause failure of the Snappitz supports to structurally support the engineered weight of the pipe for which it was designed.

Snappitz supports are further warrantied against delaminating, warping, or cracking, or degradation due to the normal expansion and contraction of service pipe that is inside the allowable operating temperature range of minus 297–300 degrees.

Georgia Gulf

CGulf 7181 is a special purpose rigid PVC profile extrusion compound designed for applications requiring the following Properties:

IMPORTANT: The technical data herein is believed to be accurate. It is offered for your consideration, investigation and verification. These values and sets of properties are based upon laboratory work with small scale equipment and does not necessarily indicate end product performance. Full scale testing and end product use and performance are the responsibility of the Buyer. Buyer assumes all risk of use, storage and handling of the product. NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS MADE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a license to operate under, or recommendation to infringe, any patents. “value” may not be construed as product specifications.

P Weatherability

Impact Strenght

Dimensional Stabililt

P Flame Retardant

Chemical Resistance

General PropertiesTest MethodValue¹
Cell ClassificationASTM D-421614413233
Specific GravityASTM D-7921.42
Color Values IL, Ia, IbASTM E-308/E-1345IL = +1.0, Ia =+ 0.5; Ib = +0.5;
Flammability ClassificationASTM D-635SE/Self-Extinquishing
Flame ClassUL-94V-0
Mechanical PropertiesTest MethodValue3
Tensile Yield, psiASTM D-6386,100
Tensile Modulus, psiASTM D-638360,000
Tensile Impact, ft -Ibs/in2ASTM D-182275
Flexural Strength, psiASTM D-79011,000
Flexural Modulus, psiASTM D-790410,000
Notched Izod Impact Strength, ft -Ibs/inASTM D-25618
Hardness, Shore DASTM D-2240800
Hardness, Rockwell RASTM D-785112
ShrinkageASTM D-9552-3 x 10-3 in/in
Thermal PropertiesTest MethodValu3
Heat Deflection Temperature at 264 psi, °FASTM D-648162
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion, in/in/°FASTM D-6963.5 x 10-5

Thermal-Hanger Shield Inserts

A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the following:

  1.  Buckaroos, Inc.
  2. CADDY; brand of nVent Electrical pic.
  3. Carpenter & Paterson, Inc.
  4. KB Enterprise, Corp. Snappitz .
  5. National Pipe Hanger Corporation.
  6. Pipe Shields Inc.
  7. Piping Technology & Products, Inc.
  8. Rilco Manufacturing Co., Inc.
  9. Value Engineered Products, Inc.

B. Insulation-Insert Material for Cold Piping: ASTM C552, Type II cellular glass with 100-psi or ASTM C591, Type VI, Grade 1 polyisocyanurate with 125-psi minimum compressive strength and vapor barrier.

C. Insulation-Insert Material for Hot Piping: ASTM C552, Type II cellular glass with 100-psi or ASTM C591, Type VI, Grade 1 polyisocyanurate with 125-psi minimum compressive strength.

D. For Trapeze or Clamped Systems: Insert and shield shall cover entire circumference of pipe. E. For Clevis or Band Hangers: Insert and shield shall cover lower 180 degrees of pipe.