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  1. rktect 1

    Great Article on Stairs by a P.E.

    I know I was thinking about the stairs when I had two guys, probably each weighing 250 plus pounds, bring my 800 pound gun safe through my garage and down my carpenter built stairs on a two wheel dolly. I was seriously relieved when they got to the bottom the correct way along the slope of the...
  2. rktect 1

    Who pays for your Certs and CEU

    Not me.
  3. rktect 1

    Can they really do that? Trustee question

    What state adopted code? THis is Illinois and we are a home rule village/city of 14,000 population.
  4. rktect 1

    Can they really do that? Trustee question

    So....., OK. I asked for some clarification from the Village Attorney. The Village has adopted and amended the Life Safety Code to require fire sprinklers if you have an area of rehabilitation exceeding 50%. They have also emended the IRC and IBC to delete sections 112 and 113 Board of...
  5. rktect 1

    Legacy code question about certifications

    I have really only been involved in the certification process since ICC took over. I was really just wondering how long the legacy codes had certification testing and ceu requirements. Did all three of them have certifications? Any old(er) code people around to answer? Thanks
  6. rktect 1

    Extra toilet rooms do not need to be accessible.

    Good luck with that. Also, do not let contractors interpret the codes for you.
  7. rktect 1

    Reason #1 to be 100% paperless with online on permit applications

    Paperless sounds great on paper until you are standing at the front counter with someone in a conversation just like this one: Me: Sir you need to submit the proposal along with the permit application and plans. Owner: I already gave you all of that. Me: No, you gave me the permit...
  8. rktect 1

    Hockey Rink in residential backyard.... need some advice

    Tell the neighbors to go pound sand.
  9. rktect 1

    demolition of building - permit required?

    Utility disconnect letters also
  10. rktect 1

    demolition of building - permit required?

    Yes. Not only does the county where the municipality I work in require its own permit, we require a demolition permit as well. Our muni will not issue our demolition permit without proof of the county demolition permit.
  11. rktect 1

    Water Heaters go ON or IN the pan?

    Does the pan go pan side up or pan side down?
  12. rktect 1

    Deck, porch, patio, balcony?

    Last time I checked, porches were covered (roofed over) structures attached to a primary building, making them additions. A porch can be open on three sides but also can be enclosed. Not mechanically heated or cooled.
  13. rktect 1

    porch stairs

    It's called copper napthanate. I tried enforcing it early on, but....... its really one of those things that is on them to do.
  14. rktect 1

    porch stairs

    There is a whole host of products by Phil Swift. Flex Seal Flex Tape Flex Paste
  15. rktect 1

    California's (up to) $1.7 million toilet project

    You can rent porta toilets, like 20 of them, on a monthly basis and including waste removal, maintenance and upkeep for like 100 years for $1.7 million.
  16. rktect 1

    Cert. of Occ. types

    So, well, I have inherited a large development project when I came on board here some months ago. It is a single site development with multiple buildings. The permit was issued as a single permit for all buildings. While one building is 98% completed as a shell and core, the other building...
  17. rktect 1

    Swimming Pools

    Thats weird. They missed one.
  18. rktect 1

    Deck rail post

    Do you happen to have a tool for this?
  19. rktect 1

    I'm picky??

    It was the architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe who said "Less is more." Upon hearing this Frank Lloyd Wright responded "Less is only more where more is no good." I have never seen a complete set of code compliant drawings where less was more but I have definitely seen drawings where more was no...
  20. rktect 1

    I'm picky??

    I think it depends on what your comment directed him to do. I am very specific in plan review comments. "Add a note that states "Xxxxx xxx....." or On sheet A-120 show the location of X, Y and Z. Or even a combination of both as in Provide the location of X, Y and Z and add required notation...
  21. rktect 1

    Low cost basic permitting software?

    100 permits per year? Paper and pen. Scan approved plans and save.
  22. rktect 1

    Wood framing in Type 2B Non Combustible Buildings

    No. Not allowed.
  23. rktect 1

    Porch ridge beam

    After you figure it out, double that.
  24. rktect 1

    Dropped the ball

    These are separate permit types. Sprinklers are never a part of the building permit. So that sure is helpful.
  25. rktect 1

    Dropped the ball

    I have to pay more money to be a sawhorse to fix that. So........., I left my old position as plans examiner at one village and have been the BO for a new village who adopted the 2015 ICC codes plus the 2018 Life Safety Code
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