Manufacturing Industry
Safety agency issues pipe recall. (Consumer Product Safety Commission; high-temperature plastic vent pipes)
Professional Builder (1993), June, 1998 by McLeister, Dan
Gray or black plastic vent pipes are subject to a recall. Other plastic vent pipes, such as white PVC or CPVC, are not affected. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of high-temperature plastic vent pipes (HTPV). Tom Kinney of the NAHB Research Center, Upper Marlboro, Md., calls the announcement a landmark action.
He reports vent pipes subject to this recall program can be identified as follows: they are plastic, colored gray or black, and have the names "Plexvent," "Plexvent II" or "Ultravent" stamped on the vent pipe or on stickers on vent pipe connectors. Other plastic vent pipes, such as white PVC or CPVC, are not involved in this recall program. Virtually the entire furnace and boiler industry, together...
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