Longitudinal seam when required not sealed
If longitudinal seams are required and were missed, treat it as rework scope - stop new work, measure what was missed, and bring it to the foreman.
Watch out
- Do not keep installing more duct after finding a repeated seal requirement was missed.
Check
- Stop adding more duct to the missed-scope section.
- Measure/identify the run that lacks required seam seal.
- Check access before ceiling/insulation blocks it.
- Document room/grid/system and photos.
- Ask how to correct before trying to seal 40 feet blindly.
Steps
- Stop adding more duct to the missed-scope section.
- Measure/identify the run that lacks required seam seal.
- Check access before ceiling/insulation blocks it.
- Document room/grid/system and photos.
- Ask how to correct before trying to seal 40 feet blindly.
Say this to your foreman
We may have missed longitudinal seam sealing on this run. Do you want me to stop and document the affected footage before correcting it?
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