FMcCracken
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Folks,
I'm a GC in NYC. We have a great client who knows what he wants and pushes real hard to get it. The pay is pretty good so I don't mind putting in the time to give him what he asks for. Here's the latest.
He would like a two handle shower rough - one pressure balanced valve and one diverter which control a shower head and wand. Fixture manufacturer, Vola, does not make this - for the USA market. They do make a rough with configuration: thermostatic control, flow/stop valve and diverter. $$$
US Rep tells me the reason is Code. He won't cite what Code, but I suspected it's a scalding issue (ASSE 1016) and figure Vola has pretty much figured out what is allowable and what's not.
Well, I read ASSE 1016 and this available configuration doesn't seem to be guided by it.
To complicate matters, the configuration he wants was available 10 years ago, in the USA, when he did his previous apartment (I've seen it), and it is currently available in Europe. Why would it be available there and not here? Vola makes it. Why not offer it? All fixtures are shipped from Sweden per order.
He is asking that we buy it from a European Rep if the local US Rep won't provide it. Though not easy, it's not impossible. But I'm won't do it if it is truly against Code. How do I determine this - in print?
Can anyone cite a Code which would govern this unavailable design?
Frankie
I'm a GC in NYC. We have a great client who knows what he wants and pushes real hard to get it. The pay is pretty good so I don't mind putting in the time to give him what he asks for. Here's the latest.
He would like a two handle shower rough - one pressure balanced valve and one diverter which control a shower head and wand. Fixture manufacturer, Vola, does not make this - for the USA market. They do make a rough with configuration: thermostatic control, flow/stop valve and diverter. $$$
US Rep tells me the reason is Code. He won't cite what Code, but I suspected it's a scalding issue (ASSE 1016) and figure Vola has pretty much figured out what is allowable and what's not.
Well, I read ASSE 1016 and this available configuration doesn't seem to be guided by it.
To complicate matters, the configuration he wants was available 10 years ago, in the USA, when he did his previous apartment (I've seen it), and it is currently available in Europe. Why would it be available there and not here? Vola makes it. Why not offer it? All fixtures are shipped from Sweden per order.
He is asking that we buy it from a European Rep if the local US Rep won't provide it. Though not easy, it's not impossible. But I'm won't do it if it is truly against Code. How do I determine this - in print?
Can anyone cite a Code which would govern this unavailable design?
Frankie