Condo is in Canada and I think I found the building code that refers to the fire stopping of combustible piping and from my interpretation of it, that pipe penetratiom is not up to code. I think number 3 applies to this situation, is that the right interpretation?
3.1.9.4. Combustible Piping...
Yeah definitely not fixing it myself but before bringing it up. Just wanted to confirm that what I thought about it not being fire stopped properly is correct so I can bring it up and let the condo have someone in to assess. Thanks.
For sure the new duct will be working better than the old damaged duct, even a piece of duct tape taped to the puncture in the damaged duct would have worked better. But I don't think the original HVAC design was for the pipe to come out in that spot and it was designed to be a straight duct...
Hi, Thanks for the reply. The unit already had occupants living in it for years. This was only discovered recently when the drywall ceiling was taken down. So I dont think it was cored properly. Wondering what would need to be done to get this up to code.
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I am seeing this in a residential condo unit and the pvc pipe is coming from the unit above and into the unit below through the concrete ceiling. It doesn't look right at all but I'm an electrical engineer and I'm looking for some info with someone who knows the fire code/plumbing better as...
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Electrical engineer here so not familiar with some hvac terms. What is the fan's ESP and where would I find this info?
I think there's definitely some kind of reduction but just don't know how much. Are there tests that can be done to find out?
It is on the...
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A contractor replaced a straight supply air duct in a condo with the air duct circled in red with multiple extra bends in the air duct. Can someone confirm that this change in configuration will also change the air flow negatively and what could be consequence of changing it to this...
