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    Accessible Service Counter

    I believe if it is a counter in which they will be writing checks maximum height is 34". At least that is how I interpret the 2010 regs.
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    Costly sprinkler regulations would limit consumer choices

    Anyone who thinks this is anything but a money grab by the fire cartel is a fool. If they were really interested in saving lives they would push to lower all speed limits by at least 50%. Then we would immediately start saving tens of thousands of lives each and every year. And do not forget the...
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    ADA Expert Helps North State Businesses Avoid Lawsuits

    Should not matter how long they have been in business. If the building pre-dates the ADA and they have not done any significant remodeling then let them exist as they are. News flash--if you are handicapped you are not going to be able to do everything and go everywhere that able bodied people...
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    N.Y. Chief Blames Fatal Fire on Lightweight Construction

    Gee, another unbiased(not) opinion from the fire cartel trying to "sell" rfs. Who would have guessed it?
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    signs of a good inspector when dealing with a contractor

    I prefer to think a good inspector has the ability to educate contractors and do-it-yourselfers in a respectful manner so that he is not continually writing up the same old stuff.
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    Arsonist .... Smarsinest We aint skeered !

    So if a jurisdiction adopts the IRC and does not amend out the sprinkler provisions, what are the consumers choices if they do not want sprinklers in their new home?
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    Table 503 limits a cell tower?

    Another nail in the coffin of Common Sense.
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    Arsonist .... Smarsinest We aint skeered !

    Forensics It was a matter of choice until the fire cartel rammed it up everyone's SSS in Minneapolis. There was never an issue until it was removed from the IRC Appendix. Now since virtually every state has amended it out, the fire cartel wants to portray it as an issue of consumer choice being...
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    Arsonist .... Smarsinest We aint skeered !

    Yawn, and the same old lies by the fire cartel. And good old Charlie has been living on food stamps the last four years because of his dedication to fire sprinklers. LOL. Funnier yet--people actually thinking anyone will get sued for not installing sprinklers. ROFLMAO. SHEESH what part of Oz do...
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    Pool Closed Until Further Notice

    Nothing better than a handicapped person pointing a finger at someone they do not consider handicapped enough to receive handicap consideration.
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    U-Values on windows.??!!?

    Approve it and move on. Could add some additional insulation in the attic to help balance the window oversight. At least if someone questions the windows you have something to point to as beyond what was required.
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    IMPC Unconstitutional and Unbiblical

    So don't adopt it. Within 1 year they will be begging you to adopt it because of the slum lord properties. Until then start educating the citizens as to what the IPMC actually is and does. It appears you are dealing with uneducated dolts who have been fed a plate of BS by landlords.
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    ADA attorney sweeps area

    Nah. Based on comment on other thread, you got nothing of substance to add.
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    Pool Closed Until Further Notice

    Funny stuff Msradell. And I would be willing to bet you're in the front row on Sunday morning as well. New construction and a percentage of each remodel project should strive to meet ADA regs. But this "over the top" bull "stuff" of requiring existing to modify or be fined is crazy. It's easy...
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    2 die in home build in 2010 with working smoke detectors

    Same old rhetoric from the sprinkler cartel. It has nothing to do with saving lives. It is all about the money, always has been, always will be. The slimeballs use the fire death of anyone and everyone to push their greedy, self-serving agenda.
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    Pool Closed Until Further Notice

    Pool owners should close their pools and post a sign indicating the reason for closed pools is over-reaching regs of DOJ and disabled who cannot accept the fact they are disabled and not able to do everything able-bodied people can.
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    ADA attorney sweeps area

    Just like every other govt. driven cause, DOJ and its ADA regs have gotten out of hand. With DOJ, EPA, OSHA and DOE running amuck it is no wonder the average citizen is fed up with govt. in general.
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    Support For Bathtub

    Righhhhtttt. It must be that steady stream of reports of people being killed by bathtubs falling through floors that has some thinking this is a legit concern.
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    Support For Bathtub

    What a bunch of nonsense. No one should be allowed to inspect a thing until they have worked in the specific trade for at least 5 yrs. In the 35+ yrs that I have been in the construction business, both doing the work and now inspecting, I have not seen one negative occurance of not doubling...
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    Framing Inspection Ready to Continue

    Usually prefer not to get engineers involved but--if it is anything more than smoke discoloring the wood they either replace it or get an engineer to bless it.
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    2012 IRC: R501.3 I-joist floor protection

    Definitely amend out. Just a back door effort by the fire cartel to get RFS.
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    joists stacking over studs below

    I prefer you do inspections as if my son or daughter will be a guest in YOUR son or daughters future home.
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    Illinois Sides prepare to support, fight sprinkler mandate

    Just more BS from the fire cartel. If all new homes built over the last 5 years have RFS how many of the 2590 deaths actually survive? Yeah they do not keep that stat because it would show the expense does not justify the end result--unless you manufacture or install RFS.
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    joists stacking over studs below

    Not against code, just poor framing technique by those who, 1) do not care or 2) do not know any better.
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    Here is the real agenda the HBA is working toward

    Attempts to over-regulate are bound to result in those being regulated to push back. No sympathy from me.
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