linnrg
Sawhorse
a month from now when ICE gets off his vacation this thread will pass 200 pages - what a thread this is
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I was hoping he would get bored about the first day, and start posting things he was too busy to post while working.
ICE
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Building owners should invest in private inspections.
One way to kill the bearings on a fan is to tilt it. When the bearings go things get hot. When that overheating fan is on a roof nobody hears the screeching. The redeeming feature of a roof mount is that passersby will see the flames.
One way to kill the bearings on a fan is to tilt it. When the bearings go things get hot. When that overheating fan is on a roof nobody hears the screeching. The redeeming feature of a roof mount is that passersby will see the flames.
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ICE
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The job is extending the rear of the house 12'. That includes the kitchen and two bedrooms. Permits were pulled in 2002 and we are now trying to final the job with a new permit. I was there for the first time trying to perform a final inspection. Several other inspectors have been there before me and have approved the framing, electrical and plumbing.
I had not gone inside yet as I started with the water heater. I wanted to see the water heater vent so I stood on a block wall for a planter.
That's when I noticed the service drop.
The panel is above a couch in the living room.
The cover will not close and there is no deadfront.
I had not gone inside yet as I started with the water heater. I wanted to see the water heater vent so I stood on a block wall for a planter.
That's when I noticed the service drop.
The panel is above a couch in the living room.
The cover will not close and there is no deadfront.
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TheCommish
Registered User
and the customer accepted this
ICE
Oh Well
The occupants do not speak English and I don't speak Chinese. The work was done nearly twenty years ago and there has undoubtedly been several owners during the gap. I will not be able to determine who did what, when. My best guess is that there was bootleg construction prior to the work to extend the rear of the dwelling 12'.
I gave the office managers the correction slips and pictures before I left for vacation. My decision was a that a ten day notice to cut Edison was the way to go.
ICE
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The internet says:
The first smart meter in the Edison SmartConnect program was installed in September 2009 in Downey. Installations will continue through 2012 to a total of nearly 5 million SCE residential and small-business customers in the utility's 50,000-square-mile service territory.
In the early years I asked an Edison supervisor why I find dangerous services that meter readers have seen many times. He said that the meter readers have no clue.
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ICE
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This is a 400 amp service on a new dwelling. There is a ground rod because the uffer was covered over and the electrician is not sure where it is. He will find it.
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TheCommish
Registered User
a few more inches of dirt may have fixed (hidden) one the violations
ICE
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The owner got lucky that day. I found many violations.
ICE
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I don't have a preference. A uffer is required. When the foundation form-work was inspected a uffer was in place.
ADAguy
Registered User
Building owners should invest in private inspections.
One way to kill the bearings on a fan is to tilt it. When the bearings go things get hot. When that overheating fan is on a roof nobody hears the screeching. The redeeming feature of a roof mount is that passersby will see the flames.
Pride of ownership gives one cause to wonder. Maybe he has exceeded his depritiation years?
mark handler
SAWHORSE
Pride of ownership? All they care about is money.
ICE
Oh Well
It is the tenant that installs equipment on the roof. It would be the tenant that is on the hook for repair/replacement. There is no excuse for an owner not being aware of what's being done to the building. Aware means informed by a reliable source. I am surprised that insurance companies are not requiring inspections a couple times a year.
mark handler
SAWHORSE
my250r11
Sawhorse
ICE
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That looks suspicious.
linnrg
Sawhorse
I told the Contractor that the picture I was taking would likely go viral - yes that is the sprinkler line!