I have a question for those who've gone down this route and had to deal with residential building inspectors. I am planning a permanent location for my brewery iin the basement. I am having a SS brew stand built with NG jet burners. I am planning on having a licensed plumber run the NG lines and if need be, an electrician hookup the hood lights and blower. What I am concerned about is the reaction of our local inspector to what I'm doing in my basement and whether the code in this area is straight forward. I will follow the specs for the hood I'm buying in regards to clearance above the burners. I haven't purchased a blower yet, but am planning on the FKD 10xl installed in a ten inch run. It is capable of up to 1266 cfm but there will be a couple turns so it won't run at nameplate capacity.
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The hood will be vented out of a nearby window and I want to make the final section of duct that attaches to the window removable so it can go back to being a window when I'm not brewing.
I'm sure a lot of you are thinking I should avoid the inspector as he'll be freaked out by such a contraption and the electric and plumbing is easy to handle (I am definitely not running black pipe myself, my compressed air system I built with black pipe in my wood shop has a small leak somewhere), however, I plan on finishing the basement soon using the brewery as a centerpiece and want things up to code.
Edit: Hood is 6 1/2 feet by 4 feet and 2 feet high.
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The hood will be vented out of a nearby window and I want to make the final section of duct that attaches to the window removable so it can go back to being a window when I'm not brewing.
I'm sure a lot of you are thinking I should avoid the inspector as he'll be freaked out by such a contraption and the electric and plumbing is easy to handle (I am definitely not running black pipe myself, my compressed air system I built with black pipe in my wood shop has a small leak somewhere), however, I plan on finishing the basement soon using the brewery as a centerpiece and want things up to code.
Edit: Hood is 6 1/2 feet by 4 feet and 2 feet high.