Thank you all,
I have been researching this none stop and with the help here, I have come to the below.
Life is well.. just that "LIFE".. and trying to account for the temperature and pressure in the case is near impossible.
Unsolvable problems:
1. Testing the system over a 24 hr period with...
Current testing procedure:
(pipe is hung just below deck (ceiling) in an exposed/open building (not roughed in))
1. Fill line (from lowest point)
2. Bleed off the air at the high points
3. Pressurize the system using a water/air tank (air as the means of supplying the pressurizing force)
4...
First off I understand that Hydrotesting over any substantial time period is erroneous as ASME guidelines state ~15min.
Per General Contractor/Contract with owner, we have to run a 24hr Hydrotest. The problem arises when they claim we fail the test and can't listen to reason, (temperature is...
