Very few of the restuants in our service area have floor drains. After a bad experience with a floor drain that only looked like a floor drain, I now pour clean water down the drain. I remove the cover, pour some clean water down the drain and wait for the water to disappear. If if goes down the drain, we run the plastic into the drain and go to work. When we are done, the drain always works better than before our arrival.
Ever notice how some of the floor drains, even if level with the floor or below the floor level do not drain. Sometimes the floor slopes away from the drain.
The average construction inspection takes less than 10 minutes. Two weeks ago, I got an inspection on a suppression system install. I spent more than 2 hours with the new fire inspector. We started at the gas supply, working throught the suppression system, appliance placement, hood and duct, duct insulation, access panels, and ended with the new fan. We got a new kitchen account last week. The fire suppression system was serviced just before our arrival. Or at least the links were changed. I found 10 deficiencies in the hood system, the suppression system, and the fuel system. I did not look at the sprinkler system or the alarm system or the fire extinguishers. The customer asked why the other suppression system service agency did not find those problems. I did not have an answer for him except that I could only be responsible for my companies actions. I did tell my customer that the other agency did not appear at a recent training program. Jon and I however did attend all three days of classes. We also also answered questions from some of the 65 inpectors at one of the classes. We made some important contacts with inspectors from our area.
