access panel

[awhittom]

Hi all I AN doing my mock H.I and i noticed that the tub faucet is on an outside wall and there is no access panel to get to the plumbing should i write this up thanks alan

[Jae Williams]

"Write it up"?? "Call it out"?? I don't quite understand what that all means. HIs don't "write up" anything--that sounds so negative. We simply report what we see.

You saw tub faucet on the outside wall with no access panel--report it...along with an explanation of why you thought it worth the mention. Let the client decide what to do with the information.

We simply report...that's all we are--reporters. Keeps us out of trouble that way.

If you were to explain to the client that you "wrote it up", the client could misinterpret that as meaning a bad thing. Keep it on the positive side.

[David P. Valley]

There's no Code that states that plumbing fixtures must have an access panel. It's more like a convenience panel to me.

I don't write them up. If it's there GREAT, if not...OH WELL.

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by awhittom

Hi all I AN doing my mock H.I and i noticed that the tub faucet is on an outside wall and there is no access panel to get to the plumbing should i write this up thanks alan

Like David says, there's no requirement...and they'll make one soon enough when it's needed.

[rgiglio]

Normal tubs require no access. Jaccuzzi's do

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by rgiglio

Normal tubs require no access. Jaccuzzi's do

True, but we were talking about post #1.

[twasion]

Where I use to plumb it was required to have an access panel for the tub though one was seldom installed and it was not enforced. As a plumber it made my job much easier than cutting a hole in the drywall to access it especially when it was an emergency.