Thread: Unusual Air and Noise from Bath Sink - AC primary drain
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Old 07-30-2007, 07:23 AM
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Re: Unusual Air and Noise from Bath Sink - AC primary drain
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Originally Posted by Jerry Peck View Post


...I am at a loss to grasp how an intelligent and knowledgeable person cannot grasp such simple, precise, concise, and specific wording. It's not like it says 'maybe' or 'if you want to' or 'or similar sink' in there anywhere.
Jerry,

I do not dispute the code language or its intended meaning as you have previously presented it. My point of contention is with the local interpretation and application of the code where this particular topic is concerned.

I just can't argue with the fact that the drain line configuration in question is the commonly accepted way to make this connection in this part of the woods and I am not aware of any local AHJ that does not willingly permit it. Where code enforcement is concerned, your local reality and mine just happens to differ on this point.

I do fully realize that that does not make it right from the purist code interpretation point of view, but it does not change the local reality that local inspectors have to deal with here.

If we write this up as a problem we will get no support from any quarter; no backup from the licensed HVAC contractors who recognizes this as the preferred connection method, no back from the local licensed plumbing community who facilitate this connection within the scope of their work, no backup from the local code authority, and no backup from TREC when the complaint is filed against us by a ticked off seller.

Call us "back woods" if you will but can you at least appreciate our predicament?
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