kevin846

Thats a close second to a fire hydrant. My money is on the dog piss.

Randy, I knew I'd get scolded. I looked back at the picture and tried to figure out why they at least two more elbows than they needed. The job may not be right, but I believe they may have been trying to leave access to the evaporator. Otherwise the two extra wouldn't make sense. Careless, I could go along with that. In the city I'm based in, I preform new construction inspections all the time. 15 miles west, I never have, the guys over there are on the ball, and it does make it nice for all parties. I would not hesitate to build over there. The town by the way, is North Augusta, just accross the river from Augusta GA.

I don't have any facts but I'll look to see if theres any thing different than what's been posted. It seem from reading the replies that allowance for 90's is a little vague. Here's what I know from the field. A little town just west of here is one of the toughest in the country. I've heard of restaurants who have built all over the country, come to this town and say they have never seen more strict code inforcement. Flu pipes in this area were allowed 25' for a straight run. Take off 5' for each 90, 2.5' for each 45. I know I may get scolded for this but the pipe job, aside from a lot of joints, looks very good to me. If you have ever installed a double wall flu pipe, you know that all of the pieces must be an exact fit with no cutting. It looks to me like these guys took care to fit every peice. They even took care to include a "Y" to tie in the water heater instead of a "T". I agree with Chad on this to a degree, the water heater could be moved and the flu could be run differently and it may still have too many turns. But a shotty job I disagree.