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strider3700 · 02-02-11, 02:09 PM

Trip #3 to the library to read the building codes tells me that since I don't have backflow preventer's I interpret it as meaning I don't need the pressure tank. If he says I do anyways I'll do it. Not worth arguing over.

For the collectors bcbc 7.2 states that everything in the domestic side has to meet plumbing requirements. pipe, fixtures,... at the very end it says solar has to meet 379.1 which is the section on the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger will meet that requirement. I suppose I'll find out this afternoon.

For anyone counting this has been 3 weeks and 7 different drawings with dozens of hours of research to get the permit for this. I could be done the install by now instead I haven't bought 1/2 the parts...

02-02-11, 02:09 PM	#22
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	Trip #3 to the library to read the building codes tells me that since I don't have backflow preventer's I interpret it as meaning I don't need the pressure tank. If he says I do anyways I'll do it. Not worth arguing over. For the collectors bcbc 7.2 states that everything in the domestic side has to meet plumbing requirements. pipe, fixtures,... at the very end it says solar has to meet 379.1 which is the section on the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger will meet that requirement. I suppose I'll find out this afternoon. For anyone counting this has been 3 weeks and 7 different drawings with dozens of hours of research to get the permit for this. I could be done the install by now instead I haven't bought 1/2 the parts...