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  1. pwood

    Best Job In The World.

    wish i would have started at it 25 years sooner! would have avoided alot of physical abuse and oh the retirement check that coulda been.Conarb can give you an estimate.:mrgreen:
  2. pwood

    slab elevation above street

    how did flood plains get in the mix? the op did not mention flood zone.
  3. pwood

    Drain lines in footings?

    friends don't let friends post while on vacation! :mrgreen:
  4. pwood

    slab elevation above street

    i'd let you match the existing house floor level of the house but that's just me.
  5. pwood

    Hi friends....

    welcome albert from the son of an Oakland plumbing and building contractor.
  6. pwood

    BO in small town?

    careful what you wish for. I do exactly what you do and have the title. Thru the years my duties have increased substantially and my pay has not. I do get new titles though in lieu of pay raises.:mrgreen:
  7. pwood

    Engineered & Certified Carport

    I love these things. People have them installed without permits 99% of the time and then come to me when their boat gets squashed and insurance won't cover the loss. engineering cost 3 to 5 hundred dollars on average and adds a few structural components to meet the engineering requirements. The...
  8. pwood

    pwood, It's Your Day

    thanks all. social security here i come! What ever happened to mule anyway?
  9. pwood

    Girder post

    dig an isolated footing hole, say 2sq. ft. wide, by 12" deep and toss in some rebar pieces if you please. call a ready mix truck or hand mix some concrete and deposit said concrete in the pre dug isolated footing hole with the steel that might or might not be in it. Then you pick up a...
  10. pwood

    Does a Giant steel beam in garage need sheetrock?

    i have approved the paint in the past without losing any sleep.
  11. pwood

    Water Faucet installed above kitchen range

    I can think of situations where the drain and pan are not required. Why has this not been called out in the past? Maybe i should have the offenders put a pan and a drain under their wolf range? Yeah! that will go over like a beer and egg fart in an elevator.
  12. pwood

    Water Faucet installed above kitchen range

    I guess the faucet on the bottom of my water heater is a code violation using this logic?
  13. pwood

    Water Faucet installed above kitchen range

    i'm seeing these also. I figure it is a fire extinguisher!
  14. pwood

    Girder post

    the pier blocks are embedded (wet set) into the concrete footings.
  15. pwood

    Residential or Commercial?

    in calif those units when installed in a park fall under the jurisdiction of the dept of housing and community developement. Local jurisdications have no authority.
  16. pwood

    Girder post

    i am not sure about approving the connection in ice's photo. I normally approve a precast pier block with a piece of pressure treated 2x6 installed at the time of precasting. I have no problem approving a toenailed connection from the post to said precast pier until someone can point out where...
  17. pwood

    Girder post

    As an AHJ, i made the determination that the minimum means of attachment in seismic design catagory D can be accomplished with velcro!
  18. pwood

    I hate when this happens

    spike strips to slow down inspectors?
  19. pwood

    New to this Circus!

    welcome to the show! they let me use the puter between 9 and 10 o'clock on mondays and my other self the rest of the time. They say this place is therapuetic for me.
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