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  1. Bender

    B/O won't condemn my apartment

    Yes I'm the building inspector for the city I live in.The B/O is my boss. The health department said it was a city issue and was nice but not helpful.
  2. Bender

    B/O won't condemn my apartment

    I do have red tags and the ability to do this. But my BO has never backed up my red tags. I also don't want it to appear that I am using my position of power to influence the outcome in my favor.
  3. Bender

    B/O won't condemn my apartment

    Hi all, I work as a building inspector in the state of Washington. My B/O will not condemn my apartment and I don't know what to do. My apartment is on the ground floor and sewer started backing up into my tub on Saturday the 13th and has happened 3 times since then. The plumber the apartment...
  4. Bender

    2021 IRC/WSEC Adoption?

    Thanks
  5. Bender

    2021 IRC/WSEC Adoption?

    @steveray We still don't have our state amendments or our energy code adopted by the state legislator, and by state law we have a code change as of July first of this year.
  6. Bender

    2021 IRC/WSEC Adoption?

    I'm not hopeful given how bad the last code cycle went. Even if it does come in April that gives us such little time to read, understand, interpret, and educate the public to the coming changes especially in the WSEC.
  7. Bender

    2021 IRC/WSEC Adoption?

    Yet we still can not get our code books or state amendments for the 21 code cycle. My money is on a push to November.
  8. Bender

    Who pays for your Certs and CEU

    Do any of you guys have to sign a one year contract extension or the like if they (your municipality) pay for your cert?
  9. Bender

    Who pays for your Certs and CEU

    thank you all, this has helped me.
  10. Bender

    Who pays for your Certs and CEU

    As the title says who pays for your Cert testing and CEUs. Does your job reimburse you for just passes Certs? does your job sent you to classes for Certs or CEUs. Do you pay for them out of your pocket? I work for a small municipality and we don't have any consistency on this. Your input is...
  11. Bender

    Residential solar permit valuation or fee?

    Thanks for your help guys.
  12. Bender

    Residential solar permit valuation or fee?

    Hi all, I hope you can let me know what you guys are doing with your residential solar permits. I have had a couple contractor question the fact that we use the valuation table for our solar permits fees. Our fee schedule doesn't have anything for solar specifically and this is the only way I...
  13. Bender

    Mixing the IRC and IBC

    Before becoming an Inspector i built or oversaw homes all over the south sound and Olympic peninsula.almost all of these were prescriptive houses with a engineered shear wall design. I had on problems getting these through permitting with just the brace wall plan stamped. I now see a lot of...
  14. Bender

    carports and patio covers

    Pole buildings are not covered in the IRC, so they can not be build prescriptively. I assume i am not the only one getting "plans" on buildings of these kind, so how have other jurisdictions dealt with these? i believe this would need to be engineered as it falls outside of the prescriptive...
  15. Bender

    carports and patio covers

    How do you guys deal with stand alone carports and patio covers. I cant see how you can build one perceptively. I have two of these on my desk and i'm scratching my head. i feel like i'm missing something. I'm in Washington state 2015 IRC, seismic zone D, 120mph wind and 30LBS snow. thanks.
  16. Bender

    Master plans

    Right, Left, 3 elevations, Hip and gable roofs, corner lot porch option. No other changes
  17. Bender

    Can a second story door lead to a flat roof without a railing?

    So you can do it as long as it is not more than 30" from the "grade below" according to the 2015 IRC R312.1.1 Guards shall be located along open-sided walking surfaces, including stairs, ramps and landings, that are located more than 30 inches (762 mm) measured vertically to the floor or grade...
  18. Bender

    Moving of a Home

    Yes the Home will stay a residence, and is being moved in king county Washington.Thanks JBI i will look at that.
  19. Bender

    Moving of a Home

    thanks for the replies guys.@Steveray we are in the 2015 code cycle, I am the local inspector so discussing this with myself wont get far.
  20. Bender

    Moving of a Home

    Hi all, I have a pre-app meeting with some homeowners and a large company to discuses the moving of a home. The home in question will be moved about a mile away and set on a new foundation. As this is my first, I would like to reach out and ask how any of you have done this. is there...
  21. Bender

    Creosote in siding

    90 days @cda
  22. Bender

    Creosote in siding

    Sounds like they got a free view for many years.
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