Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine September 2018

HVACR NewsMagazine September 2018

Code REgulation Legislation

A Partnership

Arkansas Mechanical Code and Fuel Gas Code are available from the International Code Council at http://shop.iccsafe.org/state-and-local- codes/arkansas.html Code Books That You Should Own It is cheaper to be turned down at inspection than called back under warranty.

Code Officials &

Contractors Code officials and HVACR contractors have a bit of a love hate relationship. A good one, official or contractor, is invaluable to the other. A bad one, well, let's just say that there aren't enough curse words to express that sentiment. We need to start this conversation with the understanding that no one wakes up in the morning wanting grief. Regardless of your task, inspecting or installing, you just want to have a good day, serving your customer with full value for what was purchased. While it may seem that some folks wake up wanting to turn down a job or screw up an install, that just isn't the case. Where we go wrong is the attitude. Sometimes we act as though we're on opposite sides when in fact, both sides are serving Arkansans. When the inspector sees the same gall darn problem from the same contractor time after time, it makes sense that their attitude may be a little stressed. On the other side, when it seems that the inspector can't make up their mind on code from job to job and contractor to contractor, well, it makes sense that the contractor will need a "tude" adjustment. If we can all realize that the best friend the inspector has is the contractor and the best friend the contractor has is the inspector, we form a partnership of serving the consumer. Code is the friend of the consumer and the inspector and the contractor have the responsibility to make sure the consumer gets what the code requires. To the inspector, be patient and teach the contractor. To the contractor, thank the inspector when they find a mistake. It is a lot cheaper to find and correct a

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Amendments to the Energy Code can be found at https://www.adeq.state.ar.us/energy/resources/pdfs/2 014-ar-energy-code-for-new-building-construction.pdf