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    An average day

    ICE, what's up with the rated foam at the boxes? Did the EC give an explaination why he did this?
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    Paint Store Use Group Question

    Just did a Sherwin Williams paint store and the use was M but the AHJ asked that we provide a list of goods and estimated quantities when we submitted the permit application. SW corp. was ready for it and had it to me in a few hours.
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    Echo Park pizza parlor struggles to reopen

    Back 10 or 15 or more years ago, inspectors would do the "correct this, I'll check it the next time I'm here" We never considered not doing what was requested because we know if we tried taking the short cut, and stabbed the inspector in the back, we would be screwed forever. You took years to...
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    Echo Park pizza parlor struggles to reopen

    The story says the only thing left on the final was the sticker. No question it's the GC's fault, he's the one that pulled the permit. However, if you want to play the blame game; Why didn't plans review catch the door swing problem? Did the field inspector catch the door swing problem on the...
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    Un-Purple Primer for PVC

    I get why it's purple, just saying that it could be less purple so it would stain less. Maybe we should only hire inspectors that can see and aren't color blind. Why not spill it? Because unlike some folks here, the construction industry isn't loaded with folks that are perfect. ANYONE that...
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    Echo Park pizza parlor struggles to reopen

    "Everything seemed to be going well during Wednesday’s final inspection except for one thing. The restaurant was missing window “stickers,” Schweitzer said." If this is true, and an inspector kept a business from reopening, around here we call people like that pr**ks. I'm glad the story made...
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    Un-Purple Primer for PVC

    So why don't they just make the purple less purple? We have very neat plumbers (for plumbers) and no matter how careful they are we still see some drips of that purple crap. Maybe I'm just too logical.
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    Modification for drinking fountain requirement.

    righter, I personally believe that the building official folks have an obligation to educate the public. That being said, would it be less expensive long term to install a pair of bubblers than having to buy water and cups for the time they occupy the space? As a GC, I've been down this raod...
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    UL Fire Resistive Wall Assemblies

    Thanks steve, Fire caulk or sleave seals will cover the actual pennitrations but does PVC pipe inside the rated wall affect the performance of the assembly, just like installing the wood blocking mentioned above? We've been installing PVC and wood blocking in rated walls forever. What I'm...
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    UL Fire Resistive Wall Assemblies

    Another question a little OT but I don't think is worth it's own thread. It's regarding 1017, corridors I have a 6000 sq ft tenant space in your typ. strip center. A-3 use, type II construction, not sprinkled, architects calculations are showing 90 occupants. Imagine a space with rooms on the...
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    UL Fire Resistive Wall Assemblies

    mtlogcabin, That's a good lesson right there. This I will store somewhere in my memory bank. Ya all are killing me, You teach me one thing and it leads me to come up with 10 more questions! Like I tell my kids..."Not a day goes by that you don't learn something" Someone mentioned sec. 717; is...
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    " We Don't Need No Stinkin Code"

    jpranch, Ya all out in Gillette seem to have it figured out just like some other juristictions. Unfortunatly so many places don't or more like they don't want to be part of the team or have the mentality of serving. We work all over the mid-atlantic and I look at some of these "difficult"...
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    Suspended Ceiling Tiles

    In a plenum return, you have open grills that lay in the grid instead of a solid tile and/or light fixtures that have slots for built in air return. Pretty much no difference than leaving a ceiling tile out. So I'm not following how a layin ceiling would maintain any kind of "rating".
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    " We Don't Need No Stinkin Code"

    True but what sucks the most is even some of the good contractors like when the incompetent inspector walks on the job.
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    " We Don't Need No Stinkin Code"

    GAwd, I don't ever want to see independent inspectors taking over for the building depts. Now I could see a rating system where a HVAC contractor could be exempt for some inspections. I see some inspectors sort of do this off the record. I'll ask one of our subs "did he actually look at your...
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    " We Don't Need No Stinkin Code"

    My employees don't work for free. I also add markup on what we estimate our costs will be to deal with the building departments. This number fluctuates alot. Some locatities it's pretty minimal where we know we'll only be spending a few hours dealing with the process. Other locatities can run...
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    " We Don't Need No Stinkin Code"

    I don't think there's too many people outside the building departments that would argue that the whole permitting process is very broken and needs to be fixed and the folks that write all the new codes have lost their way. However this author is saying that we should be policing ourselves...
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    metal stud limiting height - what is it?

    USG has a chart showing limiting heights for interior partitions. A 6" 25 gauge stud 16" OC with single layer of GWB boths sides can be 20' tall. Same deal but 24" OC, drops down to 15' tall. 20Gauge 16" oc can be 33' tall. If you add the horizontal stiffeners, the u shaped steel that snaps...
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    Foam Insulation?

    Bama, It's a team thing your missing out on. Inspectors have to trust the contractor as much as the contractor needs to trust his inspector. Lots of contractors and inspectors work by this mutual understanding until someone breaks that trust. In over 30 years, I've never tried to BS or lie to an...
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    Advanced Framing Methods?

    Like someone mentioned in another thread, tradesmen and customers are pretty much creatures of habit. We've been basically building houses the same way for 50+ years. Yeah, we now have I joist, engineered wood, OSB and Simpson influencing the codes but nothing has really changed much. I had my...
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    metal stud wall diagonal bracing requirements

    Daddy-O, Hanover County here but work all over VA. Bidding a job right now in you're hood. Plan review will have a field day with this one. Interior designer playing architect.
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    metal stud wall diagonal bracing requirements

    The 4' OC bracing is a standard cut and paste detail the architects here in the Richmond area use for when we build walls to the underside of the ceiling grid. A diaginal brace attached perpendicular to the top of the wall and to the structure above. Depending on what county you're working in...
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    Rated wall between drive thru and convenience store?

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    What do you guy's go with cheap 24 inch pools?

    SWIMMING POOL (Pool) A receptacle for water, or an artificial pool of water having a depth at any point of more than two feet (2'), intended for the purpose of immersion or partial immersion therein of human beings, and including all appurtenant equipment, constructed, installed and...
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    Are floor drains req'd in restaurant kitchens

    We dump three compartment sinks into floor sinks (with air gap) that go through the grease trap. The floor sink also serves as a floor drain. When we have floor drains in addition to the floor sinks, they also drain through the grease trap. Why wouldn't you want some type of floor drain in a...
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