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Michael, I noticed the same thing 👍, I call that orientation of the sediment trap / drip leg.

Good catch.

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Welcome to home inspecting! It is fun and rewarding. When I go beyond the scope of a visual only home inspection, I am (mostly) consistent and I note it in my report.

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She's a great inspector.

Right.

Good question. I look for the presence of the drip leg to be installed at any low point on the piping, not necessarily before or after the shut off valve. I will do more research and adjust my inspections accordingly. Thanks for the question.

Phil,it is preferred the shut-off valve proceed the drip leg but per the National Fuel code I do not believe it is required unless they made some recent changes but the drip leg is still installed wrong ,it's at the wrong orientation ( very little debris would be caught a In it's present orientation).👍🛠

Section G2419.3 in the 2018 IRC states the drip is to be readily accessible to permit cleansing or emptying and not subject to freezing. If it is installed prior to the appliance shutoff you would need to shutoff the main fuel shutoff to drain it. I guess that is acceptable by code just not very convenient. However G 2419.4 in the 2018 IRC states where a sediment trap is not incorporated as part of the appliance one must be installed downstream of the appliance shutoff valve. A sediment leg is meant to catch sediment and forces gas to change direction. A drip leg is meant to catch condensation and may also catch sediment, however a drip leg does not need to be located in a manner to force the gas to change direction.

@@phillatshaw7219 , consumer Natural Gas is considered dry gas by today's standards. When I started working for the natural gas utility industry back in 1983 the gas wasn't purified and as clean as today's gas. That being said horizontal drip legs are becoming something of a dinosaur . Occasionally some utilities put them on the outlet of the gas meter in areas with warm climates but in my opinion the chances of collecting water nowadays would be rare. Sediment traps ( Direction changing ) are required for all stationary gas appliances and equipment/ I believe by all manufacturers ( the exclusion would be gas dryers,gas ranges ,cooktops, gaslights, decorative gas logs and grills). Some states and municipalities prohibit the use of sediment traps on outdoor equipment subject to freezing temperatures but I feel these states and municipalities are wrong and causing more Danger due to debris and unlikely water entering the gas control ( as a matter of fact Generac generators come with a built-in sediment trap). It's not uncommon for codes such as IRC, NFPA 54 GAMA & the AGA to contradict one another. It's like putting 4 attorneys in the same room and coming up with 5 different opinions. My suggestion is to do whatever your local code enforcement Authority requires.

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Thank you! Glad it is helpful. I check with local building codes for smoke detector requirements as they vary with individual authorities having jurisdiction.

Yep.

Smoke detector requirements are found in the ICC-IRC. You can look up online for the local jurisdiction, I doubt they would have amended them out, but maybe, added in other locations that are not in the IRC like an attic.

Good eye.. The UPC requires water heaters in seismic zones 3 and 4 to be anchored or strapped to resist horizontal displacement due to earthquake motion. This location was in a zone 1. That will be in my inspection of the water heater.

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Correct. Good point.

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HSR,you are correct that is an appliance connector and not csst. If it were yellow csst she would then be dealing with bonding to the electrical panel's grounding rod.👍🛠

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That could be done, but it's up to each inspector to exceed the standards of practice.

i think that's standard practice.

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