Access door for dry wall fire break
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Michael T
Member
Bryan, We service several of these situations like you mentioned. The sheetrock encloser needs a door or access and then the duct needs a access. Both need to be firerated. KRP-150FR ( FR = firerated ) or an equivalent on the sheetrock. And then the appropriate access door on the duct. Ductmate make a good door, make sure you get the one with the highest rated gasget, 2300deg. I just went thru all this last week.
kmjt1021
Member
Josh, let one of the corp stores have an electrical fire. The inspector comes in, looks at my paperwork and says you can't open until this paper work says cleaned to code. That's how you get them to open up the pocket book.
It looks like now because of this fire I may get to put access in any store that it is needed. Funny thing is I'm thinking this is a can of worms I am going to wish stayed closed.
In this particular store it took me 2 hours just to access a spot to put an access, 15 minutes to cut the hole in the dry wall, another 15 to cut a hole in the grease duct, 1/2 an hour to clean the duct and and 1 1/2 hrs to reattach the AC ducts and put the ceiling grid and lights back in place, I have to do it all again once I get the access door for the dry wall, as it is now I just have the pieces I cut out taped back into place. (inspector approved this as a temp fix until proper door is ordered for the drywall) Couldn't find anything on the weekend
This store has two other ducts with the same problem. If I have to go through the above process with the other two ducts, which I will, this 2 1/2 to 3 hr job just became a two nighter. Funny thing is the inspector never asked about the other two ducts, and he looked right at them.
How many more like this???????????? Let's not think about that now
It looks like now because of this fire I may get to put access in any store that it is needed. Funny thing is I'm thinking this is a can of worms I am going to wish stayed closed.
In this particular store it took me 2 hours just to access a spot to put an access, 15 minutes to cut the hole in the dry wall, another 15 to cut a hole in the grease duct, 1/2 an hour to clean the duct and and 1 1/2 hrs to reattach the AC ducts and put the ceiling grid and lights back in place, I have to do it all again once I get the access door for the dry wall, as it is now I just have the pieces I cut out taped back into place. (inspector approved this as a temp fix until proper door is ordered for the drywall) Couldn't find anything on the weekend
This store has two other ducts with the same problem. If I have to go through the above process with the other two ducts, which I will, this 2 1/2 to 3 hr job just became a two nighter. Funny thing is the inspector never asked about the other two ducts, and he looked right at them.
How many more like this???????????? Let's not think about that now
kmjt1021
Member
Josh, I have corp stores that just spent tons of money remodeling the dining room, I go to the roof tilt the fan back, the hinges are broken, pieces of the fan go rolling across the roof, and the duct is coming apart. All things we have been noting and complaining about for over a year. I wanted to just pack up and leave. They spend probably close to 100 grand on the store completely gutting the dining room and redoing it, and don't fix things that would cost a couple hundred bucks. I even thought for a second about pulling the wiring on the fan and telling them that if they had fixed the hinges like I have been telling them needed to be done, the wires would have been fine. I thought better of it though.
dodsonish
Grease Police President
Exactly the same in my area. They actually pay for security at the non 24 hour locations. I supply a marked car, armed security officer for the entire cleaning time. They pay a pretty penny for this and never even asked about the price charged. But when I suggest grease containment or access panel, "we've got to get that in our budget". What a joke.