An average day

[rogerpa]

Looks like a staírway to nowhere.

 

[e hilton]

Shoulda used fender washers.

 

[Mr. Inspector]

They were all like this. Useless. Gotta love Pennsylvania where there is no state licensing of contractors.
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I did work one area where I required a sill plate inspection before any framing was done and it was great. I can no longer require it where I am now and can not crawl around crawlspaces with my old bad knees. How do other senior inspectors do it?

 

[mtlogcabin]

How do other senior inspectors do it?

I send the young guys down into the crawl space

 

[Mr. Inspector]

I send the young guys down into the crawl space

I'm the only one here.

 

[SCBO1]

I was trying to find a solution: Could the required 3-inch washer be used to grab some of the plate or an engineered design?

You've got the anchoring the foundation know how can it be tied to a sill plate. Could a piece of 16ga or thicker steel be fabricated to catch the sill plate similar to a Simpson Strong Tie DJT?

 

[jar546]

I did work one area where I required a sill plate inspection before any framing was done and it was great. I can no longer require it where I am now and can not crawl around crawlspaces with my old bad knees. How do other senior inspectors do it?

Employer ADA discrimination. They can easily require a sill plate inspection on all foundations.

 

[SCBO1]

Fat fingers!

 

[jar546]

I was trying to find a solution: Could the required 3-inch washer be used to grab some of the plate or an engineered design?

You've got the anchoring the foundation know how can it be tied to a sill plate. Could a piece of 16ga or thicker steel be fabricated to catch the sill plate similar to a Simpson Strong Tie DJT?

No you cannot. Read Chapter 4 of the IRC and you will see a lot of specifics on sill plate anchoring.

 

[classicT]

I was trying to find a solution: Could the required 3-inch washer be used to grab some of the plate or an engineered design?

You've got the anchoring the foundation know how can it be tied to a sill plate. Could a piece of 16ga or thicker steel be fabricated to catch the sill plate similar to a Simpson Strong Tie DJT?

NO!

Use a post installed anchor like a Simpson Titen HD or a retrofit foundation plate such as the Simpson URFP

 

[mtlogcabin]

We see these on foundation repair/replacement under existing homes

https://www.strongtie.com/foundatio...nchors/urfp-frfp_productgroup_wcc/p/urfp.frfp

 

[SCBO1]

Mtlogcabin, your "Great American!", I thought there was something from Strongtie!

 

[e hilton]

This is a new word to me: as well as fixity to both

 

[ICE]

We see these on foundation repair/replacement under existing homes

https://www.strongtie.com/foundatio...nchors/urfp-frfp_productgroup_wcc/p/urfp.frfp

They are popular here but I rarely see them.

 

[classicT]

Yes I do. I figure I might as well keep adding this until ICE's (Tigerloose) hiatus is over, unless he decided to make it permanent. I'm surprised no one has commented on that yet. Still waiting.

They are popular here but I rarely see them.

Ok, was a fairly short hiatus....confusion sets in. Whats up Jeff?

 

[SCBO1]

I have a fever for some more cow bell, I need more cow bell!

I'd settle for some more concrete jungle pics

 

[ADAguy]

Ledger lacks flashing?
Aren't treds suppose to be of PT material?
Is this a SF or a MF bld'g?

 

[Mr. Inspector]

Post #3472 shows the the guard 4x4 is notched where connected to the stringer. When notched these posts and are not any better than a 2x4 and start to split up the middle and become even weaker. I always make them install a metal "L" bracket to the tread or decking when they do that. Or a lag from under the tread or deck floor into the post. How do others handle this?

 

[e hilton]

Aren't treds suppose to be of PT material??

Why? Not in contact with the ground, and actually at least 6” off the ground.
I suspect most builders use th3 same material as the deck, for convenience, maybe even using up scraps, but really no need for it.

 

[jar546]

Time for a Restart

 

[ADAguy]

I was trying to find a solution: Could the required 3-inch washer be used to grab some of the plate or an engineered design?

You've got the anchoring the foundation know how can it be tied to a sill plate. Could a piece of 16ga or thicker steel be fabricated to catch the sill plate similar to a Simpson Strong Tie DJT?

only if it is "engineered"

 

[ADAguy]

Why? Not in contact with the ground, and actually at least 6” off the ground.
I suspect most builders use th3 same material as the deck, for convenience, maybe even using up scraps, but really no need for it.

What of long term durability? Not a "best/profitable" practice?

 

[SCBO1]

What of long term durability? Not a "best/profitable" practice?

Maybe the lurker could start a new thread and call it "An above average day!" or "A not so average day!" something like that or come back and run this thread thing!

176 pages, got to be a record!

I'm limited in my forum abilities

 

[jar546]

Maybe this is an exception under Open Air Conductors?