Every so often, the question will come up: "Can a plumbing and/or gas fitting inspector legally file for a permit and perform plumbing or gas fitting in the city or town they work for?"
On July 9, 2003, John chaired the final meeting of the Water Regulations Advisory Committee of Defra--the U.K. Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Due to some controversial responses to Julius Ballanco's May Codes Column, we've decided to print some comments and replies from interested parties in the July PME Letters section.
From Harold Kestenholz's first days of teaching the IBR courses, he has been reminded that few suppliers or contractors really want to put in a small boiler and minimum baseboard.
One of the issues that this column has addressed is the need for an interface between designers, practitioners, product manufacturers, code and governmental organizations, end users and research organizations.