I need some opinions here. I was engineer of record for a restaurant a couple years ago. They requested instantaneous gas water heaters and I specified them. Apparently the warranty for one I specified is only good for residential installations. Fast forward two years the stupid thing fails and needs to be replaced. The plumber tells us all this yesterday. The architect is telling me I owe them a water heater. Is he correct? What, if any, leg can I stand on to refute this?
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If you approved a shop drawing that stated the warrantee was only applicable for residential applications I'm not sure you have a leg. If the contractor installed something other that what you specified and/or approved I'd say it's his problem. I'm no contract attorney though so take this as my opinion only.
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If it was UL listed residential only, I think you are hosed.
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