IFGC SEDIMENT TRAP?

[Jayh]

(Just to stir up some sediment here) Some of you must have that High pressure gas that is capable of blasting sediment - but me understands what those thingys at the meter are and what goes on in the gas piping system. In the OP the gas piping on the floor a couple of feet below should be checked for potential sediment!

BTW - in 2 months I won't care about sediment or drip traps

From a practical standpoint not a code standpoint the pipe to the appliance has a vertical section about 18 inches before the connection with the gas flowing uphill. At a typical 7"wc there isn't going to be any sediment blasting up that pipe. If there needs to be a sediment trap at all it ought to be before the pipe turns upward.

 

[steveray]

From a practical standpoint not a code standpoint the pipe to the appliance has a vertical section about 18 inches before the connection with the gas flowing uphill. At a typical 7"wc there isn't going to be any sediment blasting up that pipe. If there needs to be a sediment trap at all it ought to be before the pipe turns upward.

Thanks jay and welcome to THE forum…I have heard similar descriptions and it does make some sense…Sounds like maybe a code change is due to NFPA 54 and the ifgc…

 

[mtlogcabin]

Florida Building Code​

G2419.4 (408.4) Sediment trap.

Where a sediment trap is not incorporated as part of the appliance, a sediment trap shall be installed downstream of the appliance shutoff valve as close to the inlet of the appliance as practical. The sediment trap shall be either a tee fitting having a capped nipple of any length installed vertically in the bottom-most opening of the tee or other device approved as an effective sediment trap. Illuminating appliances, ranges, clothes dryers and outdoor grills need not be so equipped.

Sometimes you need to look inside the service panel of the equipment to find the sediment trap

 

[Gregg Harris]

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?

Probably Megaloc by Oatey