I was the PM for a project in Portland, the permit fees were a bit high but not unresaonable. The nice thing was, once we started the process the city assigned one person to the project, and he did everything from initial plan review all the way to final inspection.FYI: All Inspections are paid 100% by permit fees in Oregon. Not taxes.
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fatboy
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Oh, this is AWESOME!
There is a battery backup to a PV system that has been installed. Every circuit except the A/C passes through this space on it's way to a panel-board. I wrote a correction that stated that the space holding the splices is too full. Now I understand that "too full" is an arbitrary term. What might be too full for me may not be too full for the next person. The question was asked, "What should we do?" I answered that a bigger space is required.
Where do the SE cables go at the bottom of the box? Do they make a 90 degree turn into the house or is it an allusion?
I don't know ICE looks like the circuit wiring fit from here, Did you do a count? Does the face plate shut?
I don't know ICE looks like the circuit wiring fit from here, Did you do a count? Does the face plate shut?
The SE is in a conduit that emerges below grade. The code mentions space provided by the manufacturer for splices. I don’t think that the manufacturer would approve this.....of course I could be wrong about that.
A solar contractor placed this service panel upgrade in the garage wall with 29" from the face of the deadfront to the face of the block wall.
Part of the concrete block had to be removed to clear the cover.
The contractor was wound up. He wanted to know how I trump Edison. "Edison spotted the meter right there." "Are you telling me that you know more than Edison?"
Part of the concrete block had to be removed to clear the cover.
The contractor was wound up. He wanted to know how I trump Edison. "Edison spotted the meter right there." "Are you telling me that you know more than Edison?"
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The electrician should have asked Edison for a code compliant meter spot.
Major hack work.
The job is a simple, small balcony. The sheathing was called out as plywood on the plans and OSB was used. I have asked for an ICC ESR for the walking surface coating....several times....they used a Premium product.
The work didn't pass a framing inspection and now the contractor asked for a final inspection. The owner is livid. Naturally, I am the bad guy in all of this.
It's now the next day and cooler heads have prevailed....they have discovered that it is never to late to start over.
The job is a simple, small balcony. The sheathing was called out as plywood on the plans and OSB was used. I have asked for an ICC ESR for the walking surface coating....several times....they used a Premium product.
The work didn't pass a framing inspection and now the contractor asked for a final inspection. The owner is livid. Naturally, I am the bad guy in all of this.
It's now the next day and cooler heads have prevailed....they have discovered that it is never to late to start over.
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Back to the meter thats way too close to the wall ... why does the contractor havd to ask edison to put it in a compliant lication? Why would edison think its ok to put it in a non compliant location? Seems like negligence on their part. But the electrician should have had enough sense to not install it there.
On the handrail ... whats the shiny pipe in the first picture?
On the handrail ... whats the shiny pipe in the first picture?
linnrg
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post 3165. ICE wouldn't that wall also be a rated wall due to distance to property line?
Chimney.
Good point...
This equipment doesn't really fall into any code other than the electrical ...... we don't regulate it. So I wrote a correction to support the plastic pipe.
The monkey made me do it.
The monkey made me do it.
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The damnedest things happen with water heaters. The transite vent is so long that spillage must go on for a long time before it heats up enough to draw. There is no visible means of support.
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linnrg
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and lean the combustibles up to a fuel fired appliance!
The job is a pex repipe. This is the view under the kitchen sink.
This is an odd place for a ground clamp.....and what about the aluminum wire that sticks into the scene from who knows where. I didn't notice the aluminum wire until I was preparing the picture for the forum.
This is an odd place for a ground clamp.....and what about the aluminum wire that sticks into the scene from who knows where. I didn't notice the aluminum wire until I was preparing the picture for the forum.
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jeffc
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Someone should take away the plumbers double bit axe he used to make a hole in the drywall.
Looks like the water heater is supporting it to me
Back when I was an HVAC installer, we were in this house that had what I guess was a transite vent in the middle of the house. We pull the furnace and a little while later while setting the new one the pipe came down and whacked a guy on the head. Probably concussed him, but in the 90s we didnt care.
We went up in the attic and there was nothing holding the pipe up but friction through the roof collar. We didn't need ICE to tell us to make it right
I am not familiar with the term transite so i looked it up (thank you google). Asbestos lined. From my experience in commercial construction i know that non friable acm can remain if it doeznt get disturbed, and/or is encapsulated. But they had to disturb the pipe to replace the WH and probably dusturbed the acm at the same time. So ehy is it allowed to remain?
No permit.
The job is a new 200 amp 3 phase service....with a transformer. The electrical contractor does not know what A.I.C. stands for and series rating is out of the question.
The bollard is directly in front of the cabinet and 36" from the pole.
This lug is no way installed correctly.
The contractor didn't know what it means to isolate the neutral. I need to get rid of this contractor.
The bollard is directly in front of the cabinet and 36" from the pole.
This lug is no way installed correctly.
The contractor didn't know what it means to isolate the neutral. I need to get rid of this contractor.
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