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[#2] Posted: 06/13/2012 - 12:43:54 PM |  |  |
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Last time I checked the IRC, PVC is not rated for hot water use and is not allowed.
PEX, Copper, CPVC, Steel but not PVC
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Around here in some towns you cannot use CPVC on the TPRV extension. Over the winter I renovated a home. 100% new plumbing. All the old cast iron drains were replaced with PVC and the galvanized water lines were replaced with CPVC. On the new water heater I had CPVC on the TPRV extension. When the county came in to inspect they made me replace the extension with metal. It is a real head scratcher, here is a house with ever inch of water line made of CPVC and yet the extension had to be metal.
I suspect part of the reason was so they could charge me for another inspection to come back and confirm it was replaced w/ metal. $50.
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There are plastic pipes manufactured specifically to be used as TPR extensions. I think all of the what-if scenarios that deal with this are silly. I bet it performs just as well as metal pipe when/if a TPR activates.
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[#8] Posted: 06/15/2012 - 5:17:47 PM | | |
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Quote: Originally posted by John KogelQuote: Originally posted by hausdok
There are plastic pipes manufactured specifically to be used as TPR extensions. I think all of the what-if scenarios that deal with this are silly. I bet it performs just as well as metal pipe when/if a TPR activates.
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