Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine May 2021

Lunch & learn

code and manufacturer’s instruct ions so our industry can design and install systems right the first time. Getting turned down by an inspector and going back to make a repair is expensive, time consuming, and can delay your draw at rough-in on new construction — even final payment on new and retrofit. Just because you found a retrofit job in a gosh awful condition doesn’t mean we can leave it that way. Sometimes the new contractor is responsible and sometimes not. Supply and return plenums are one of those, “you get the contract — its your baby.” If you are not getting the Lunch & Learn Zoom notices, please text your email to 501-487-8655. You can also send a text to tomhunt@arhvacr.org

May 10 Topic----- NFPA 90B Supply & Return

Plenum Reqirements

Not all codes are intuitive in that “everyone” would know them without any training. Well, well, well!! Unless you have seen what can go wrong, NFPA 90B regarding the length of a supply and return plenum are in the category of “Who’d a thunk it.” On Monday, May 10 th at noon, Chief Inspector, Tony Woodard, and Tom Hunt will discuss the Fire Code and how it relates to HVAC supply and return design — New and Retrofit.

Lunch & Learn Zoom Webinars are designed to inform the HVAC industry of