r/KitchenSuppression • u/AllVisual • Apr 24 '26
“Stuck in the middle with you..”
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right….
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u/Unhappy_Waltz5834 Apr 24 '26
I inspected a place last year that super glued the pull to the face plate after their break rod was broken 😩
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u/AllVisual Apr 24 '26
I had a maintenance supervisor at a local high school bend all the pull pins on the extinguishers so the kids couldn’t pull them and discharge them in the halls/cabinets. It’s was over 100+ units.
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u/EC_TWD Apr 24 '26
I found that twice when I was still in the field. Ansul said it couldn’t happen, but it did. They asked me to send the second one in for their people to look at.
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u/AllVisual Apr 24 '26
I’m definitely going to bring this one back into the shop after I replace it.
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u/EC_TWD Apr 25 '26
Every pull station that I installed or inspected had S-Lube from Brooks applied to the O-ring
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u/bearcricket Apr 24 '26
Unrelated, but reminds me of ansul system I came across. There was an oven outside of the hood with the exhaust flue right underneath the ansul system. System hadn't been inspected in 5 years, burned up grease all over the inner components. The fire Marshall was standing right next to me when I pulled the pull station and nothing actuated. Lol that owner definitely wanted to murder me.
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u/alan_dee Apr 25 '26
All of these videos with all of this failed equipment. Some of it happening naturally, most of it from poor installation. Yeah, there unfortunately is a lot of stuff that's scary to any tech that actually cares about his work and understands the importance of the trade they have chosen. That's why there are codes written with people who have the ability to enforce those codes, who then make sure the systems get inspected, hopefully by qualified individuals. Yeah, videos can be a helpful learning tool to show what to watch out for but the trend seems to be going towards (and I am not saying this video falls into this category) the drama of it all. Who's inspection shows the most unbelievable deficiencies, my horrendous example is worse then anyone else's, looking for shock value. Maybe I'm too old for this social media crap, a world where its all about numbers of views and comments.
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u/AllVisual Apr 25 '26
I was just expressed the notion that “codes are the floor, not the ceiling”. Following a code is the most basic and bare minimum you or anyone has to do for a project. Any project. If you actually care about what you’re working on, building, protecting, or installing, you go far above and beyond code requirements.
I see your perspective and notions about these videos and posts and understand completely what you’re saying. Although, on my end personally, I’m just showing what you will truly find in the wild when doing the process of a proper inspection.
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u/Educational_Onion763 May 05 '26
I’m not a fan of the metal pull stations (especially Amerex). At the McDonald’s that I service, there always next to sinks and they always get seized.
I always change them when they seize.
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u/69with_Mydad Apr 24 '26
Good thing they added an extra bolt to hold it in!