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nicholas123 (FL)
A few years ago I started noticing many businesses covering their sink plumbing. I guess they think it looks better in white.
I also notice that sometimes there is an extra pipe coming off the drain. Maybe some waste water is diverted to the nearby floor drain to keep its p-trap full.
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steve (CA)
The covers are required for ADA compliance. Yes, the extra pipe is a trap primer.
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nicholas123 (FL)
Thanks Steve. I guess the covers protect your knees if you're approaching in a wheelchair.
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Wheelchair (IL)
Both the drains and supplies had to be covered and insulated with a material cover to protect someone in a wheelchair, from scraps and burns. Everything under the lavatory had to be covered.
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bernabeu (SC)
While a 'plegic' may not feel any pain from contact with a hot pipe, the burn MAY/CAN still be severe.
The primary purpose of the insulated plastic covers is burn protection.
The typical 'plegic' cares not about minor scrapes/bruises as they don't hurt.
They do care about actual injury.
130 degrees for 5 minutes = second degree burn (contact with hot metal is less serious than with hot water)
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nicholas123 (FL)
I didn't think about the burn potential. A friend of mine who can't feel his legs did mention he has to be careful with placing hot stuff on his lap like food trays.
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Caduceus (PA)
Then why is the cold valve also protected? For symmetry? The lav guards are to soften the impact against the drains and valves. People with disabilities develop thinner skin and can experience lower blood pressure and circulation making damage to their bodies more severe and taking longer to heal which in turn allows for a higher risk of infection to the injury.
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bernabeu (SC)
Why NOT also protect the cold valve and supply ?
D'OH
The PRIMARY concern was/is burn protection !
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