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jar546 said:
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.
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New role as the Chief Inspector for the State? Busy re-writing the mess of code that CA has...
 
jar546 said:
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?
 
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?
 
Rick18071 said:
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?
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Employer ADA discrimination. They can easily require a sill plate inspection on all foundations.
 
Pcinspector1 said:
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?
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No you cannot. Read Chapter 4 of the IRC and you will see a lot of specifics on sill plate anchoring.
 
Pcinspector1 said:
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?
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NO!

Use a post installed anchor like a Simpson Titen HD or a retrofit foundation plate such as the Simpson URFP
 
We see these on foundation repair/replacement under existing homes

https://www.strongtie.com/foundatio...nchors/urfp-frfp_productgroup_wcc/p/urfp.frfp
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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?
 
ADAguy said:
Aren't treds suppose to be of PT material??
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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.
 
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