Jay, This looks like another example of our government dollars hard at work.
I am not aware of anything that states a sprinkler will or will not operate without the escutcheon. Maybe a manufacturer's rep would be willing to write a short statement explaining that while sprinklers and escutcheons are listed assemblies, the sprinklers will operate without the escutcheon in place. Whether or not that gets the 17-point ding removed will be another issue. Paul Johnson Bardane, Inc. Visioning a competitive workforce (407) 401-7154 - Office (407) 399-5081 - Mobile [email protected] www.bardane.net -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Stough Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Escutcheons I have a customer that was hit by HUD as having a sprinkler that will not operate because it is missing the the trim ring on a semi-recessed sprinkler. They have since put one on, but the problem is they got hit with 17 points out of a hundred for not having a working sprinkler. Under HUD, there is no re-inspection until the next time it is due. So you take a hit with all other types of ratings due to this inspection. I didn't see explicitely that the trim ring is required in 25, and I know it is part of a rated assembly from the manufacturer, but does any one have any ideas for a rebuttal to help get this reduced or removed as a major deficiency? They can contest the finding, but replacing the trim ring does not count, you need to show that the sprinkler will operate. The funny part is, in the picture it looks like the installing contractor did not put the escutcheon on because the drywall was too tight around the base ring! Jay Stough _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
