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Air intakes should not be placed within ____ of any potential sources of air contaminants
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2) The top part of a pool wall is called the ______, which supports the coping and edge around the pool.
a) bond beam
b) I-beam
c) parapet
d) cope stock
e) beam me up Scotty
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3) Sixty percent of all homes built on _______ suffer from _______
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4) _______ is one of the leading causes of foundation failure
Sixty percent of all homes built on expansive soils suffer from minor damage
improper drainage
no, should be as straight as possible, should be installed as to drain by gravity, should not terminate more than 6 inches above the floor and should not be trapped since possible contaminated water could backflow into potable water
TPR valve extension pipe appears to be less than ¾ inch piping but that is speculative from just a photo. The extension piping however does not self drain by gravity. (Goes up)
60% of all homes built on expansive soils suffer from foundation movement.
improper drainage
no, should be as straight as possible, should be installed as to drain by gravity, should not terminate more than 6 inches above the floor and should not be trapped since possible contaminated water could backflow into potable water
Close Proximity
Bond Beam
Expansive Soil / Foundation Distress
Improper Drainage
Reduced in size, should be as straight as possible and drain by gravity
1= 25 ft
2= A
3= Expansive soils- foundation distress
4= Soft, low density soils and/or improperly compacted soil
5- Pressure relief valve drain pipe does not flow by gravity
Congratulations to Joseph DePiero for winning this week’s questions!
Good eye noticing the TPV is reduced in size. Brandon & William got that also.
Question #1 was looking for air intakes, like an AC condenser unit. Looks like most were thinking of air exhausts, like a dryer vent, for their answer.
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2) The top part of a pool wall is called the ______, which supports the coping and edge around the pool.
a) bond beam
b) I-beam
c) parapet
d) cope stock
e) beam me up Scotty
bond beam
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5) Everything OK here?? … ?? …
TPV drain line goes up
TPV drain line reduced in size
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JOE! How’d ya know this tune? Temptations Sing
Artist Rick James
Released 1981
71,489,746 views!
Rick had a awesome stage show was doing AOK & worth around $35 million, but his weekly $7000 cocaine habit finally got the better of him. Killed him too.
James and his future wife Tanya Hijazi were accused of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days, tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week-long cocaine binge. James faced a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on all charges, which included assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated mayhem, torture, forcible oral copulation, false imprisonment and kidnapping.
In the 80’s, We had a couple of guys on our engineering team that would sing that damn song all the time. I can’t remember their names buy I remember that damn song!!
25 feet
A bond beam
Expansive soil …foundation stress
Soft or improperly soil compaction
TPR valve drain pipe does not flow by gravity, should be flowing down not upward
