Tell someone or document it before you close it up.
VAV box installed without access clearance
Follow the equipment/submittal/manufacturer connection requirement: VAV box installed without access clearance.
Verify the VAV tag, flow direction, and service side before tying in. The box can be connected and still be wrong if the actuator, coil, controls, or access side gets buried.
Ask when service clearance, vibration isolation, controls, drain, filter/coil access, or manufacturer detail is unclear.
Watch out
Do not bury the controller, coil, damper, or access side behind duct, flex, insulation, or hangers.
Check
Identify equipment tag and connection side.
Check submittal/shop drawing/manufacturer detail.
Confirm service clearance and access panels.
Focus on the actual issue: VAV box installed without access clearance.
Photograph or mark the condition if someone else needs to approve it.
Steps
Identify equipment tag and connection side.
Check submittal/shop drawing/manufacturer detail.
Confirm service clearance and access panels.
Focus on the actual issue: VAV box installed without access clearance.
Photograph or mark the condition if someone else needs to approve it.
Say this to your foreman
In Equipment Connections: RTU, AHU, VAV, Fans & Louvers, I'm looking at: VAV box installed without access clearance. What should I verify before I cut, drill, seal, cover, move, or install?