|
Posted by Harry K on August 8, 2005, 6:23 am
jason@kaddywampus.org wrote:
> I recently had a house inspection conducted on a house I intend to
> purchas. The inspection showed that PVC (not CPVC) was being used as
> the T&P drain. The inspector stated that this may not have been
> against code when it was built (8 years ago), but was not considered
> acceptable according to his standards.
>
> Is it truly a concern that the hot water drained would cause problems
> with potential melting of the PVC joints?
>
> There is access in the attic to replace a portion of the PVC up to
> where it goes into the wall. If I had the accessible PVC replaced with
> copper into a holding tank that subsequently connects to the PVC, would
> it be sufficient to cool the water enough?
>
> Is there a flexible hose option - similar to hot water hoses that
> connect to washing machines?
>
> I want to avoid any interior work where the lines go through the wall
> and drain outside.
>
> Any thoughts?
The PVC should be fine. As to the inspector he is inserting his
personal belief into a matter of code. If it isn't allowed 'now' fine,
but it was when it was installed and thus is grandfathered in. He
might not like it but that's just tough. This being an inspector he
has no enforcement powers, were it a code enforcer of some type
refusing to clear it, I would be at his supervisor's office
immediately.
Harry K
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap