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// CODE SNIPPET

P-814.1 Hot Water Systems

Philadelphia Plumbing Code > 8 Water Supply and Distribution > P-814 Check Valves > P-814.1 Hot Water Systems
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Check valves shall not be installed anywhere in the cold water supply pipe leading to an existing water heating system unless:
  1. Suitable pressure relief valves and temperature relief valves are also installed; and
  2. Where copper tanks are used, a suitable vacuum relief valve is installed at or adjacent to the copper tank.

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