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    Conflict between sections of the Plumbing Code?

    Can you provide more information about how two-piece escutcheons would solve the problem? Your link to Home Depot displayed many products. If you meant their "split escutcheon" I don't understand how it would be sealed and provide access to the shutoff valve. Even if it's a great idea, I...
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    Conflict between sections of the Plumbing Code?

    The condo building was constructed in the early 1970s. As far as I can tell, the shutoff valves were always accessible and the hot & cold escutcheons were never sealed... until the recent plumber's work, which reversed it by sealing the escutcheons and making the shutoff valves inaccessible...
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    Conflict between sections of the Plumbing Code?

    In this case, I'm the resident. (As for other folks, a bit of education would be needed and should be provided. It seems to me that an ethical plumber should take a moment to provide that education when s/he notices the shutoff valves or the teardrop-shaped escutcheons.) Does your suggestion...
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    Conflict between sections of the Plumbing Code?

    I tried applying force to try to rotate one of the sealed escutcheons by hand but couldn't budge it. I tried to remove the silicone seal with an exacto knife but couldn't get the point of the knife between the wall and the seal, and I'm sure it would have scratched the tile considerably to try...
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    Conflict between sections of the Plumbing Code?

    I guess you're saying you don't know. The Price Pfister shutoff valves are accessed from the front (the bathtub side of the tiled wall) by rotating the hot & cold escutcheons out of the way. They're not accessed from the back. Our building is not new construction. At the back of the linen...
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    Conflict between sections of the Plumbing Code?

    Thanks, but that doesn't really answer my question. For an 8-story building like ours, which has over 100 condo units, to me it looks like 606.2(1) requires shutoff valves for each fixture (and they must be accessible). It's not a 1- or 2-family residential building, nor are there individual...
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    Fernco yes or no??

    Thanks for that quick reply, and for the mask-wearing avatar.
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    Conflict between sections of the Plumbing Code?

    Does the first of these Code sections conflict with the other two? For context, see below. Section 606.3: Access to valves. Access shall be provided to all full-open valves and shutoff valves. Section 405.6: Water-tight joints. Joints formed where fixtures come in contact with walls or...
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    Fernco yes or no??

    The plumber didn't say anything about a permit and did the work on his one and only visit. No inspector checked the work. Do plumbers really need to obtain a permit before repairing plumbing? He came onsite to repair a leak that was affecting the ceiling of the condo below. (I don't think he...
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    Fernco yes or no??

    Here's another Code question about the use of Fernco flexible couplings: Section 6.05.6 of the International Plumbing Code says, "Access shall be provided to all flexible water connectors." Does that section apply only to flexible connectors used in water supply plumbing (chapter 6 of the...
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