TPR Drain up and out of crawl space???

[Tony Siegert]

Saw this today on a pre-listing inspection. Owner said a plumber installed???

[Jay Moge]

[msaxton]

not good!

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by tsiegert

Saw this today on a pre-listing inspection. Owner said a plumber installed???

With this ridiculous installation, It wasn't a licensed plumber.

[Emmanuel J. Scanlan]

2003 IRC, Note specifically the bolded part:

P2803.6.1 Requirements of discharge pipe.
The outlet of a pressure relief valve, temperature relief valve or combination thereof, shall not be directly connected to the drainage system. The discharge from the relief valve shall be piped full size separately to the floor, to the outside of the building or to an indirect waste receptor located inside the building. In areas subject to freezing, the relief valve shall discharge through an air gap into an indirect waste receptor located within a heated space, or by other approved means. The discharge shall be installed in a manner that does not cause personal injury or property damage and that is readily observable by the building occupants. The discharge from a relief valve shall not be trapped. The diameter of the discharge piping shall not be less than the diameter of the relief valve outlet. The discharge pipe shall be installed so as to drain by gravity flow and shall terminate atmospherically not more than 6 inches (152 mm) above the floor. The outlet end of the discharge pipe shall not have a valve installed.

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[William Warner]

Note it as being PVC also. Won't hold the temps of a release.

[tneumann]

Looks like they need a sprinkler gut to fix that!

[Jay Moge]

it alway amazes me how much time and effort people will put into doing things wrong.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by wwarner

Note it as being PVC also. Won't hold the temps of a release.

Actually, some PVC will. Most PVC here has the temperature and pressure ratings printed on the pipe.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by dvalley

With this ridiculous installation, It wasn't a licensed plumber.

It could have been an SOTB licensed plumber. I understand they are moving from here and Arizona into the Colorado and other Midwest areas.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by Jay Moge

it alway amazes me how much time and effort people will put into doing things wrong.

Especially when they think it's right!

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by wwarner

Note it as being PVC also. Won't hold the temps of a release.

It may be CPVC, but it is hard to tell for sure from the pic, which would be allowed around here but not installed like that.

[tneumann]

It could have been an SOTB licensed plumber. I understand they are moving from here and Arizona into the Colorado and other Midwest areas.

Hey@!%^$#!@

[tneumann]

It could have been an SOTB licensed plumber. I understand they are moving from here and Arizona into the Colorado and other Midwest areas.

Hey@!%^$#!@

[tneumann]

It could have been an SOTB licensed plumber. I understand they are moving from here and Arizona into the Colorado and other Midwest areas.

Hey!%^$#!@