OK, this can only go in the stupid stuff category:
We installed all new drainage in our new, ten-barrel brewery, including a trench drain and a couple of hole drains. It was specified to be all 4 inch PVC pipe, to handle all the thick brewery sludgy stuff. Well, our plumber screwed up big time. He put in all 3 inch pipe. I didn't notice until it was all covered up with concrete. At this point, it is completely irreversible as far as we are concerned. So, 2 questions:
-How big of a problem will this be? I think we can get away with it fine, although we will have to take more time and effort to wash down our yeast, trub, and hops down the drain.
-How should we resolve this with our plumber? We haven't talked to him yet. I feel like this is a pretty major screw up. Luckily for him, we are not doing a bigger brewhouse, or we would be making him cut out the concrete and replace everything. Should we ask for money back, and how much? Our total plumbing bill for rough plumbing and finish plumbing is about $10,000. I was thinking of asking him to take off $1000. Thoughts?
Thanks as always for the help.
Sean
We installed all new drainage in our new, ten-barrel brewery, including a trench drain and a couple of hole drains. It was specified to be all 4 inch PVC pipe, to handle all the thick brewery sludgy stuff. Well, our plumber screwed up big time. He put in all 3 inch pipe. I didn't notice until it was all covered up with concrete. At this point, it is completely irreversible as far as we are concerned. So, 2 questions:
-How big of a problem will this be? I think we can get away with it fine, although we will have to take more time and effort to wash down our yeast, trub, and hops down the drain.
-How should we resolve this with our plumber? We haven't talked to him yet. I feel like this is a pretty major screw up. Luckily for him, we are not doing a bigger brewhouse, or we would be making him cut out the concrete and replace everything. Should we ask for money back, and how much? Our total plumbing bill for rough plumbing and finish plumbing is about $10,000. I was thinking of asking him to take off $1000. Thoughts?
Thanks as always for the help.
Sean
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