Canine
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In the town I live in if natural gas is being worked on, the contractor needs a specific natural gas certification. Few city codes have that. Or it might be a county code. Can't remember. When I had a house the furnace went out. In order for the warranty to be valid, the new furnace needed to be installed by a certified person. Only two people in town were qualified to install this high efficiency furnace. It has pvc pipe for both the intake and the exhaust.
My insurance company also wanted it installed to code by a certified installer.
The vented PlatCat has simple requirements. The furnace has to have at least 6 inchs of metal tube of a specific diameter from the unit itself; this is built into the unit. Then abs vent pipe needs to be a specific diameter and a maximum length. It also can't have a negative flow; that means the pipe must run at least horizontal and may need some vertical slope. I can't remember all the details, but it is an easy install.
While I'm far from an expert, I looked up the specs for different pipe along with Montana regs and it there wasn't much to it. It is a low heat, low electrical appliance. As such there are far fewer codes. If it were 440 volts and created enough heat to smelt copper, then the applied codes would truly need a professional.
The rules and regs of different states vary quite a bit. What that means to me is just because I'm not to code, doesn't mean how I built it is wrong. I can do the wiring in my house (if I had one); just pay for the permit and pay to have it inspected. Some areas allow only certified electricians to do electrical work. In one state I'm legal. In another I'm a criminal. Doesn't mean the wiring is any less safe.
Let's say I want to do one room in the house. I would need to do ALL the wiring in the house to code because I can't hook up to existing wiring that isn't to code. Since your rig isn't a stick and brick home nor is it an honest to goodness RV, you may find that a contractor may not be able to work on it because of some code such as needing Sheetrock or Hardiboard installed first or some weird thing. When I had the furnace installed, the guy wouldn't install it at first because of something odd with the chimney. He drilled a couples holes through the foundation instead so I wouldn't need to redo ($$$) the chimney.
If I wanted to hook up propane to an outside tank and run a line into my rig, I'd ask a propane dealer/installer for some gas line that is made to run from an outside tank to an inside propane oven on a mobile application. Those people should know their product. Screwing in one end of a propane line, threading the other end through a hole that has a grommet in it and screwing that end into a furnace or cook stove doesn't need a certified gas pipe technician to do it right. You can google what kind of goop you can use on the threads to make sure you have the best seal possible.
Make the install look professional. When things look ratty, you are drawing attention. If you are literally using duct tape and rusty hose clamps, you aren't doing yourself any favors.
My insurance company also wanted it installed to code by a certified installer.
The vented PlatCat has simple requirements. The furnace has to have at least 6 inchs of metal tube of a specific diameter from the unit itself; this is built into the unit. Then abs vent pipe needs to be a specific diameter and a maximum length. It also can't have a negative flow; that means the pipe must run at least horizontal and may need some vertical slope. I can't remember all the details, but it is an easy install.
While I'm far from an expert, I looked up the specs for different pipe along with Montana regs and it there wasn't much to it. It is a low heat, low electrical appliance. As such there are far fewer codes. If it were 440 volts and created enough heat to smelt copper, then the applied codes would truly need a professional.
The rules and regs of different states vary quite a bit. What that means to me is just because I'm not to code, doesn't mean how I built it is wrong. I can do the wiring in my house (if I had one); just pay for the permit and pay to have it inspected. Some areas allow only certified electricians to do electrical work. In one state I'm legal. In another I'm a criminal. Doesn't mean the wiring is any less safe.
Let's say I want to do one room in the house. I would need to do ALL the wiring in the house to code because I can't hook up to existing wiring that isn't to code. Since your rig isn't a stick and brick home nor is it an honest to goodness RV, you may find that a contractor may not be able to work on it because of some code such as needing Sheetrock or Hardiboard installed first or some weird thing. When I had the furnace installed, the guy wouldn't install it at first because of something odd with the chimney. He drilled a couples holes through the foundation instead so I wouldn't need to redo ($$$) the chimney.
If I wanted to hook up propane to an outside tank and run a line into my rig, I'd ask a propane dealer/installer for some gas line that is made to run from an outside tank to an inside propane oven on a mobile application. Those people should know their product. Screwing in one end of a propane line, threading the other end through a hole that has a grommet in it and screwing that end into a furnace or cook stove doesn't need a certified gas pipe technician to do it right. You can google what kind of goop you can use on the threads to make sure you have the best seal possible.
Make the install look professional. When things look ratty, you are drawing attention. If you are literally using duct tape and rusty hose clamps, you aren't doing yourself any favors.
