Hey Ed, should I use the word “comfort” in my contracts?
in this edition of “Hey Ed,” Ed discusses defining the word "comfort" in a contract.
Hey, Ed, should I use the word comfort in my contracts? - Using the word comfort in your contracts is like putting yourself in the butt kicking line. It’s something you simply don’t do. If you say comfort and don’t define it, you’re in a world of hurt if litigation ever follows. If you wanna use the word comfort, I’m gonna define it. And when I define comfort, it’s gonna be 75 degrees and 50% relative humidity, because that’s what manual J requires. And if you’re in a location that follows IEPMO or ICC, the code bodies that we use here in the United States, they are going to list those manuals or that manual as code. And that’s the way I see it.
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Ed Janowiak is the Manager of HVAC Design Education at ACCA.
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