As those who have met me can testify, I'm a pretty UP kind of guy but today was a bummer.
After months of prep I had the inspector out for my hanging furnace. Everything was (I thought) groovy. The electrical guy was great and it took about 30 seconds.
But the Mechanical guy was a PITA. He nit-picked EVERYTHING. The call-in inspector told me I could use single wall pipe so that's what I bought - in STAINLESS. Mr. Picky says it has to go to B-vent (double wall) once it leaves the heated space. I specifically asked the phone-in guy about this and was told that single wall was fine in my application. $148 plus some labor from my roofer buddy (won't take too long as the flashing, etc. can stay).
And he didn't like my gas plumbing. According to him it was either 5 feet too long or 1/4 too small in ID for my big old heater. I had to pry out of him that this could be fixed with higher supply pressure - the gas supply company provided the new regulators for another $80 IIRC.
Then there's some shuffleing on the shut-off valve (their interpretation of "end of the piping run" is NOT the same as mine and he wants a bigger flex line.
I really thought I was all set and I'd have Big Heat in a day or so, but no. So I experienced something rare for me - a "down" day! Hate that. Starting to perk up a bit as I have solutions for the issues and I made a little progress on the truck.
Carry On
Dan
After months of prep I had the inspector out for my hanging furnace. Everything was (I thought) groovy. The electrical guy was great and it took about 30 seconds.
But the Mechanical guy was a PITA. He nit-picked EVERYTHING. The call-in inspector told me I could use single wall pipe so that's what I bought - in STAINLESS. Mr. Picky says it has to go to B-vent (double wall) once it leaves the heated space. I specifically asked the phone-in guy about this and was told that single wall was fine in my application. $148 plus some labor from my roofer buddy (won't take too long as the flashing, etc. can stay).
And he didn't like my gas plumbing. According to him it was either 5 feet too long or 1/4 too small in ID for my big old heater. I had to pry out of him that this could be fixed with higher supply pressure - the gas supply company provided the new regulators for another $80 IIRC.
Then there's some shuffleing on the shut-off valve (their interpretation of "end of the piping run" is NOT the same as mine and he wants a bigger flex line.
I really thought I was all set and I'd have Big Heat in a day or so, but no. So I experienced something rare for me - a "down" day! Hate that. Starting to perk up a bit as I have solutions for the issues and I made a little progress on the truck.
Carry On
Dan
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