No Hot Water!!!
The discharge pipe shall be clamped or otherwise supported in accordance with table 308.5 with not less than one clamp or support within _______ of the point of discharge.
What is 12"?
Section 504.6 of NCPC
True or False?
A no-hub or heavy duty band can be used to join together a galvanized drain and PVC drain.
What is True?
Section 705.16 NCPC
The depth at which an exterior water supply system piping shall be installed.
What is the water system piping shall be installed not less than 6 inches below the frost line and not less than 12 inches below grade.
Section 305.4 NCPC
True or False?
A separate electrical permit is required when reconnect an existing plumbing equipment / appliance.
Any pipe that passes within 12 inches of the bottom of the footing or through a foundation wall shall be provided with a relieving arch, or a ________ _______. The sleeve shall be ______ ______ sizes greater than the pipe passing through the wall.
What is Pipe Sleeve, Two Pipe?
Section 305.3 NCPC
A permit is not required for a water heater being replaced, provided that the work is performed by a person licensed under G.S. 87-21, who personally examines the work at completion and ensures that a leak test has been performed on the gas piping, and provided the energy use rate or thermal input is not greater than that of the water heater which is being replaced, there is no change in _________, _________, ___________, __________, or routing or sizing of venting and piping, and the replacement is installed in accordance with the current edition of the NC State Building Code.
What is fuel, energy source, location, capacity?
G.S. 160A-417(a) Subsection 2
True or False?
A no-hub band or heavy duty band can be used to join together an ABS drain and PVC drain.
What is True?
Section 705.16 NCPC
The minimum water pressure within a building, where an approved water pressure-reducing valve conforming to ASE 1003 or CAS B356 with strainer shall be installed to reduce the pressure in the building water distribution piping to not greater than 80 PSI.
What is 81 PSI?
Section 604.8 NCPC
True or False?
A separate electrical permit is required when the plumbing equipment / appliance requires a new circuit or extension of the existing electrical system.
What is 4 feet, 10 feet?
Table 308.5 NCPC
A ___________ ____________ of hot water piping shall be insulated to at least R-2.
What is circulating service?
This includes all accessible hot water piping coming from the source of hot water producing device, serving a bypass tee.
Section N11043.5.2 (R403.5)
True or False?
A no-hub band or heavy duty band can be used to join together a cast iron drain and PVC drain.
What is False?
An approved transition band or no hub adapter must be used in order to join cast iron / copper pipe / fittings to PVC.
Section 705.16
True or False?
A plumbing permit must be obtained, when replacing the water supply piping for a building or one-to-two family dwelling.
A plumbing permit does not need to be obtained if the pipe sizing, location of water supply piping, or the project does not exceed $40,000 in value.
G.A. 160A-360 thru 417
_______________ are required when an electrical systems earth ground is removed, due to replacing the water supply piping with a non-conducting material.
What are Ground Rods?
This also pertains to replacement / addition of pressure reducing valves or main valves with PEX on an existing conducting material.
Where a code provision is less restrictive than the conditions of the listing of the equipment or appliance or the manufacturer's installation instructions, the conditions of the listing and manufacturer's installation instructions ______ ________.
What is Shall Apply?
Section 301.7 NCPC
A ____________ is required for a storage tank-type water heater or a hot water storage tank that is installed in : remote locations such as a suspended ceiling, attics, above occupied spaces, unventilated crawlspaces or a location where water leakage from the tank will cause damage to primary structural members.
What is a Pan?
Section 504.7 NCPC
This does not dismiss any manufacturer installation requirements, as it relates to whether a pan is needed.
True or False?
A no-hub band or mechanical joint can be used to join PVC drain to a PVC drain.
What is False?
Section 705.11.1
A full-valve shall be located either outside the building within __________ of the foundation wall in a readily accessible valve box, in the crawlspace within ________ of the crawlspace access door or within the building in a location where it may be accessed without the use of a ladder or tool for each individual tenant space occupancy or address.
What is 5 feet and 3 feet?
Section 606.1 NCPC
A standard electric water heater can require both a _________ breaker which requires ___________ elements and a _________ breaker which requires ____________ elements.
What is 20 amp, 3500 watts, and 30 amp, 4500 watts.
The diameter of bored holes in wood studs shall not exceed ______ percent of the stud depth. The diameter of bored holes in wood studs shall not exceed _______ percent of the stud depth in nonbearing partitions.
What is 40, 60?
Section C101.3 NCPC
A _____________ is not required where a pan drain was not previously installed, a pan drain shall not be required for a replacement water heater installation.
What is a Pan Drain?
Section 504.7.2 NCPC
This does not mean a pan is not required. If the pan is required you must install the pan. The pan drain would just be capped off.
True or False?
A permit is not required for the altercation of the plumbing system within a one-or-two family dwelling, as long as there is not a change in design, size, location, capacity, or the entire project is over $40,000.
G.S. 160A - 360 thru 417
___________, __________, ___________ and other openings with a hose connection shall be protected by an atmospheric-type or pressure-type vacuum breaker or a permanently attached hose connection vacuum breaker.
What are Sillcocks, hose bibbs, wall hydrants?
Section 608.15.4.2 NCPC
_____________________ is where the electrical specification for a plumbing appliance / equipment is located.
What is Manufacturer's installation instructions?
Building sewers shall be installed not less than ____ below grade.
What is 3 inches?
Section 305.4.2 NCPC