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10-06-2009, 12:41 PM #1
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Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed to be connected together like in this photo ?
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10-06-2009, 12:49 PM #2
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Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
"Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed to be connected together .."
No
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10-06-2009, 01:27 PM #3
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Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
Nope, the TPR line needs to be independent. Also needs to go to a visible location, if that is not doing so.
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10-06-2009, 02:14 PM #4
A.D. Miller Guest Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
GS: No, and no AHJs in the D/FW area will allow it, to my knowledge.
Originally Posted by Gene South
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10-06-2009, 03:21 PM #5
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Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
No, it is not allowed as others have already said, but that installation is very common for homes in the area that are over 10-15 years old. I see them all the time and must confess I never worry too much about it. The check valve in theory should stop or slow the blow back into the pan if the TPR trips.
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10-06-2009, 05:40 PM #6
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Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
I am just curious but where does it state this type of connection should not exist ? In IRC 2803.6.1 it reads."..the discharge shall be piped full size separately to the floor..."... I guess the key word is separately, so I guess that is where it is stated ? Everyone on here is smarter than me. I am just wondering. Or maybe it is the plumbing codes which I do not have a copy of.....Anyway...
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10-07-2009, 03:47 AM #7
A.D. Miller Guest Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
GS: The key term is "separately". Originally Posted by Gene South
Believe me, everyone on this forum is not smarter than you. A few examples come to mind: TM, RB, ML, . . . it is a very long list.
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10-07-2009, 03:59 AM #8
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Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
Thanks.
Gene
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10-07-2009, 07:49 AM #9
Richard Stanley Guest Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
"Everyone on here is smarter than me."
That is only your imagination...
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10-07-2009, 03:15 PM #10
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Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
How long has it been wrong to plumb it 'uphill'?
We know why you fly: because the bus is too expensive and the railroad has a dress code...
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10-07-2009, 05:22 PM #11
imported_John Smith Guest Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
Howdy Gene,
I think it was an aggie install.
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10-07-2009, 05:41 PM #12
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Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
Since before the IRC came into being, but I can't give you a date. Originally Posted by Mike Gault
I have been doing inspections since 1995 and it was already established as wrong long before that.
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10-08-2009, 06:13 AM #13
A.D. Miller Guest Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
JL: It has been wrong since Watts began manufacturing combination TPR valves. Originally Posted by Jim Luttrall
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10-08-2009, 06:48 AM #14
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Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
When was that AD? I would say something smart connected with age... but I won't, I had a late report writing night and the smart azz cells have not come to life yet. Originally Posted by A.D. Miller
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10-08-2009, 07:18 AM #15
A.D. Miller Guest Re: Look at this photo. Are pan drain line and TPR drain line allowed?
JL: The short version: the late 1920s. The long version: Originally Posted by Jim Luttrall
When was that AD? I would say something smart connected with age... but I won't, I had a late report writing night and the smart azz cells have not come to life yet.
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