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  1. gbhammer

    SciFy and fantasy novels

    Love Piers. Bio of a space tyrant is 5 great books.
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    Good Morning

    Good mornnnnnning. Just an update. I am loving / hurting with the new work. Lost 15 lbs in the first two weeks (yeah/ouch). Life is good and I do with out a doubt miss the forum.
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    Fire Station sleeping area

    If the state oppted out of sprinklers for R3 construction then no sprinkler should be required. The intent behind the exception from a low occupant load for any of the other R uses is to allow them to be built to the prescibed methods of the IRC because there is a very low life safety risk...
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    Ownership of a building permit

    The commentary for 105.3 goes so far as to say that permission to make an application should be granted by the owner before an agent can apply.
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    Ownership of a building permit

    The contractor is the owners agent and is simply allowed to apply for the owner. He is not the sole holder of the permit. Section 105.1
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    Garage to Residence: Minimum Requirements

    Good luck. Stay kind. Remember the alamo.
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    Garage to Residence: Minimum Requirements

    Wow north star, are we having a bad day in code 'enforcement' land?
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    An average day

    http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/Turf_Houses.htm
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    Garage to Residence: Minimum Requirements

    send them over to Warren's house to occupy his lawn.
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    Garage to Residence: Minimum Requirements

    its hard to put some one out on the street. ask them to get a special events permit to camp in the back yard.
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    Trust the FD?

    those are called dingle berries and dogs do like them
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    Sunroom insulation requirements

    The glass still needs to meet the glazing requirements of table 1102.1 or 1102.3.5, the walls that can be insulated (if any) would need to meet R-13 value
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    Bomb's away!

    Now that whole pesky thing that we all paid for, you know, oh yeah solyndra, it starts to make sense why they failed us tax payers and their biggest fan the Big O. The green folk have a lot of dopes in the midst. Of course anyone who believes in the hockey stick science is suspect.
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    Sunroom insulation requirements

    Is it always open to the envelope of the home? If not who cares.
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    Fire Marshals in MO about to lose power

    The HBA has put this are very similar wording in 5 separate bills so far and I have heard that it is goning into at least 20 or more total bills. The only difference is that the very first bills gave the fire marshals a chance to review sites, that wording has been removed from the later...
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    Substantial Structural Damage Definition in Reference to Fire Damaged 1970's Diner

    You have already posted it as a dangerous structure leave it at that until the engineered repairs are made. Once demolition occurs more damage may be found.
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    Testing 123 please reply

    inspector 102 most definitely would have used siege engines
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    Testing 123 please reply

    did you use siege engines?
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    Testing 123 please reply

    Since I have been here I have made a lot of contacts with design professionals, city officials, and contractors who at first were upset that I was leaving the County. My contacts quickly warmed to the idea of me leaving the county when they realized I would no longer have any conflict of...
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    Testing 123 please reply

    I have been very busy this last week of governement employment. No one knows how do to my job so they are freaking out a bit trying to figure it out. Been to meeting after meeting trying to pass 7 years of experience in one week.
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    BeamChek

    strucalc is what we use. Very nice software.
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    Ten foot tall fence

    we amended ours to 8'
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    Renovations Below Design Flood Elevation

    If you have adopted the IEBC then it may need to meet the requirements for new construction if more than 50% of the floor space on that level is being renovated.
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    so it's Friday the 13th

    And lo it comes to pass that another great light doth seek to shed its glare no longer upon the inequities of code offenders where ever they may be. :devil
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    Good Morning

    Since I have been here I have made a lot of contacts with design professionals, city officials, and contractors who at first were upset that I was leaving the County. My contacts quickly warmed to the idea of me leaving the county when they realized I would no longer have any conflict of...
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