Another sprinkler pipe in the attic and mounted on the catwalk where the HVAC technician needs to stand!
In the Phoenix area the city brilliantly decided that on larger square footage homes, the builders are required to install Fire Sprinklers. But of course the city doesn’t actually ENFORCE proper building, mechanical or safety codes on these tract homes! The inspectors seem to be complete idiots or just corrupt to pass these inspections for these retarded builders!
The Sprinkler Pipe is PLASTIC! Great care should be taken and the sprinkler pipe installers should NEVER mount the plastic fire sprinkler pipe onto the catwalk. The catwalk that is meant for the HVAC technician to WALK and STAND on to perform service on the Air Handler or Furnace that is up in these 150 degree attics!
For some reason, time and time again, I find the plastic sprinkler pipe mounted directly on the catwalk! Many times I have witnessed the MASSIVE water damage caused by the technician walking on the catwalk and the sprinkler pipe breaking! Sometimes the technician never actually TOUCHED the pipe itself. But the paper thin catwalk that the builder provides will flex enough to SNAP a 3 year old plastic sprinkler pipe without getting near the pipe!
Another problem is the HAZARD to the technician. The building code states that there MUST be 30″ of catwalk for the technician in front of any attic mounted Air Handler or Furnace. Also 30″ of unrestricted access to the components, high voltage parts, etc in the Air Handler or Furnace. As you will see, that is NOT the case here.
The problem lies in the retarded Phoenix, AZ area builders and the lack of city enforced building codes!
Is it incompetance or corruption?
I am still waiting for the answer to that question!
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May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
@hackfreehvac BTW, …
@hackfreehvac BTW, residential tradesmen are unskilled little girls. I’ve seen hundreds of you guys fail in the commercial world. You guys don’t even exist.
May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
@hackfreehvac You …
@hackfreehvac You are likely a dope smoking low-life that hops from job to job and lives in government subsidized housing.
May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
@Firesprink72
Say …
@Firesprink72
Say what???
1) Why would I complain about something I installed?
2) You know not what you speak of. These are tied into the HOME DOMESTIC WATER.
If the gate valve that turns off the main home water WORKS (doesn’t brake, stick, etc) it also stops the fire sprinkler feed.
You are 100% WRONG about how these sprinklers are designed here.
They are CRACKER JACK installed here. Thus why I posted the videos when I sued to work on some residential.
May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
@saenz1986
Pretty …
@saenz1986
Pretty much most of them.
Del Webb does some goofy stuff now.
Deitz-Crane. etc.
May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
@ridgid300
What a …
@ridgid300
What a MOOT point.
You likely are a hack or work for a hack.
BTW I quit working for hack outfits. I never do this anymore.
May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
expose these …
expose these builders put their names out
May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
maybe if you put as …
maybe if you put as much effort into doing your job as you do making these dumb videos your job would seem a bit easier. And your boss might actually make some money because you wouldn’t be out off on the job with the video camera. Or if you “own your own business” you might be able to do more in a day – and make more money. Dumbass crybaby.
May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
I assume that YOU …
I assume that YOU did not install the condensate drains that you complained about? The reason why the flow of water is so great from a sprinkler pipe is because it comes into the house on a separate pipe from the domestic water. This fire line does not go through a pressure regulator or a water meter as your domestic water does. Turning off the domestic water line to the house would do nothing for the firesprinklers.
I agree that the pipe could have been better protected from breakage.
May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
On some of these …
On some of these jobs I actually turned off the main water supply to the house. I’ve seen several houses flooded in no time from one of those lines busting open in the attic! The flow is two to three times what you get through a typical garden house tuened on full blast because this is 3/4″ ID.
May 24th, 2010 at 1:59 am
gawd, I bet if that …
gawd, I bet if that pipe busted, they would blame you for it when it was a bs design in the first place.