Kitchen Guy
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I'm a chef installing a commercial coffee brewer in a commercial kitchen in a very old building. There is an existing 3/4" valve for a long gone washing machine on the ceiling directly below where the coffee station is going. Would it be legal in Massachusetts (which has the strictest plumbing laws I've ever encountered in 20+ years of running kitchens nationwide) to run a braided supply line up through the floor to the coffee machine fittings?
Would it be better to reduce from the 3/4" valve immediately and run copper tubing?
Or, should I violate plumbing code (because I am not a licensed plumber) and replace the valve with a modern ball valve and run 1/2" copper up to coffee station, which is probably the right way to do it?
Would it be better to reduce from the 3/4" valve immediately and run copper tubing?
Or, should I violate plumbing code (because I am not a licensed plumber) and replace the valve with a modern ball valve and run 1/2" copper up to coffee station, which is probably the right way to do it?