Brother, you dont know the HALF of it. Like the plumbing nightmare Im dealing with. They added on a fellowship hall and full kitchen back in the early 80s. Afterwards they realized they needed a water heater in that wing because it takes a while for 200 linear feet of water line to deliver hot water.Church = Volunteers = Mystery Construction
Nope. Built by the church for the church. It was 10 acres of land when they bought the property.Was the building something else before it was used as a church? I have seen a lot of plywood offices in warehouse, or shop use buildings because drywall is too easy to damage.
I have intervened in many projects in church buildings where good hearted people just don't know how it is supposed to be done in a commercial building. ESPECIALLY Electric, Plumbing and HVAC. They are usually proud of how cheap they did it, not even realizing that is how you burn places to the ground.
You know, that's not a bad idea...I knew a guy who did that to his closets so he can hang whatever wherever. Maybe that was their reason?
Type X drywall is. Usually one or two layers depending on the requirement.Isn’t drywall considered a fire retardant? May be code related.
I believe 5/8 is to code for fire for residential, not sure for a church.You know, that's not a bad idea...
Type X drywall is. Usually one or two layers depending on the requirement.
Mine is drywall.I believe 5/8 is to code for fire for residential, not sure for a church.
I any of you have seen all those attic access holes in the garage ceilings that the hole is filled with drywall, plywood is stronger for the door purposes but drywall meets fire code…
Soooo much truth here.Was the building something else before it was used as a church? I have seen a lot of plywood offices in warehouse, or shop use buildings because drywall is too easy to damage.
I have intervened in many projects in church buildings where good hearted people just don't know how it is supposed to be done in a commercial building. ESPECIALLY Electric, Plumbing and HVAC. They are usually proud of how cheap they did it, not even realizing that is how you burn places to the ground.
Ain't nothing so expensive as free laborBrother, you dont know the HALF of it. Like the plumbing nightmare Im dealing with. They added on a fellowship hall and full kitchen back in the early 80s. Afterwards they realized they needed a water heater in that wing because it takes a while for 200 linear feet of water line to deliver hot water.
So they installed a water heater in the kitchen which is at the farthest point. They ran some grey (now "outlawed") flexible tubing and ran it across the fellowship hall to where the water comes in at the bathrooms to supply the heater. They then ran another hose from the new heater ALL the way back to the feed line instead of tapping the hot side where it was capped off 5' away and reversing the flow. So now it takes only 100' of water line to deliver hot water to the kitchen sinks. I'm going to have them reverse the flow of hot when they install the new heaters next week. (I considered demand heaters, but due to insanely hard water, we'd destroy them with lime scale buildup.)
And don't forget them being too cheap to build the building just 1 block taller to give us better ceiling height. Because of that they installed the drop ceiling so close to the rafters that they had to slide the tiles in as they installed the grid. (using piano wire and securing each square on at least 3 sides) Now we cant replace damaged tiles because you cant lift them up and out without destroying them, even if you could work it past the wire obstructions on each side.
They do have treated plywood that's fire retardant. Don't know the rating thoughYep, fire wall my guess. They probably thought plywood would be good and inspector thought otherwise.
This is why I try to avoid jobs in churches.Church = Volunteers = Mystery Construction