Why yes it is. For fast moving gas?It’s that new style sideways trap.
I know I am getting into the personal opinion realm here, and that gas quality varies tremendously across the nation... but are sediment traps really necessary anymore? If there is sediment in the line, it most likely originates from the installation. Bulk materials can get dropped in the dirt/mud/dust, and have dust or other particulate trapped within the installed lines. Would it be therefore more practical to require that they blow-out the line prior to connecting appliances?
Sediment traps do work, but at what frequency are they necessary? Who has ever opened a sediment trap and found even the cap full, let alone the nipple?
So you don't have a code that you follow or the code that you legally adopted does not require them?I stopped requiring them (but will still allow them) - discussed with the Gas company and they reported not seeing anything in the traps they took apart.
Very rare to see galvanized gas piping does that indicate that the gas is deemed corrosive? What is the blue pipe thread sealant?
You catch on quick. I am with linnrg. Never had any report of an issue. The gas company claims that there isn't a need. The majority of the installs are on an existing system that didn't have one or if it was there, it was useless.So you don't have a code that you follow or the code that you legally adopted does not require them?
More likely a provision of the code that they do not enforce.So you don't have a code that you follow or the code that you legally adopted does not require them?
A drip tee and a sediment trap are two different things. 2018 UPC 1210.6 for drips, see 1212.9 for sediment traps which does not have the dry gas exception. Although I agree with some above statements that they may not always be necessary they are very easy to incorporate into the system and provide an extra level of protection, especially in new construction. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. A few bucks worth of fittings to protect an expensive piece of equipment is not a bad deal.UPC 1210.8 "For other than dry gas conditions, a drip shall be provided....
GTas company says dry
Doesn't matter. Submit for a code change but this creates issues when people pick and choose what they want to enforce based on their opinions. Some guy took apart some drip legs and never found a problem therefore he speaks for the entire country and all climates and installation types in varying environments? It does not work that way. Either get what you don't like out of the code legally or enforce it as written. I personally never saw a roof collapse due to lack of lateral restraints such as perpendicular ceiling joists, therefore I don't require lateral restraint on cathedral ceilings. Is this how it works?You catch on quick. I am with linnrg. Never had any report of an issue. The gas company claims that there isn't a need. The majority of the installs are on an existing system that didn't have one or if it was there, it was useless.
Correct, sediment traps don't have an exception.A drip tee and a sediment trap are two different things. 2018 UPC 1210.6 for drips, see 1212.9 for sediment traps which does not have the dry gas exception. Although I agree with some above statements that they may not always be necessary they are very easy to incorporate into the system and provide an extra level of protection, especially in new construction. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. A few bucks worth of fittings to protect an expensive piece of equipment is not a bad deal.
That's apples to kiwis. Some things just drop by the wayside. It's been ten years since I have seen a permit for a yard sprinkler system.....now I know...that's bananas to watermelons, but at least I'm still in the plumbing code and as we all know a permit is required. How about the vacuum breaker on a hose bib....never written that correction....hey now ...still in the plumbing code.I personally never saw a roof collapse due to lack of lateral restraints such as perpendicular ceiling joists, therefore I don't require lateral restraint on cathedral ceilings. Is this how it works?
Well said. Code enforcement is not about personal beliefs or opinions. Turning a blind eye because of a personal belief is pretty bad form, especially if someone is also writing corrections based on beliefs or opinions.Doesn't matter. Submit for a code change but this creates issues when people pick and choose what they want to enforce based on their opinions. Some guy took apart some drip legs and never found a problem therefore he speaks for the entire country and all climates and installation types in varying environments? It does not work that way. Either get what you don't like out of the code legally or enforce it as written. I personally never saw a roof collapse due to lack of lateral restraints such as perpendicular ceiling joists, therefore I don't require lateral restraint on cathedral ceilings. Is this how it works?