Manufacturer's Instructions

[brudgers]

Specifying a manufacturer's no dollar limit warranty within a closed spec consisting only of sound companies is the simplest way to reduce problems.

 

[Mark K]

There is a difference between voluntarily specifying in the contonstruction doduments that the work be done in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and the building code requiring that the manufacturer's instructions be complied with. In the first case the decision is voluntary while in the later there is no option. In the first case non-compliance is a contractual issue while in the second it creates a code compliance problem that may be more difficult to resolve.

Issues regarding liability are the concern of the courts not the building code or the building official. This is a point lost on some.

Even if the code requires written instructions there is nothing to keep a manufacturer from providing minimalistic recommendations. How does the building official objectively determine whether the manufacturers recommenations are acceptable?

Does this mean that products that do not have manufacturer's instructions cannot be used even if there is evidence of fire rating and compliance with other code requirements?

If the code requires manufacturer's instructions for all doors and windows who produces the instructions for custom doors and windows manufactured by the workers on the project?

If the manufacturer's instructions require something be done in a certain order but it was not done in that order does the code require that the work be torn out and replaced?

 

[mtlogcabin]

MANUFACTURER'S INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. Printed instructions included with equipment as part of the conditions of listing and labeling.

" with this code and the manufacturer's installation instructions". Is referenced 16 times in the IRC which requires both the code and the manufactures installation instructions be followed

Some code provisions such as window installations and EIFS with drainage installation follow the manufactures instructions because it is part of their listing. If the instructions are not followed then the listing is compromised.

Unless there is a specific code section directing me to the manufactures installation instructions for compliance then in the immortal words of Chief Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard to Dr. Richard Kimble "I don't care" what the manufactures installation instructions are for mounting the ceiling fan.

 

[ICE]

Sec R612.1 General. “…Windows and sliding doors shall be installed in accordance with the fenestration manufacturer’s written installation instructions.

Somebody has to show you how to do it.....it might as well be a manufacturer that presumably understands windows.