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  1. JCraver

    Dead trees on property, single family residence.

    You can use the IPMC 301.3 and/or 302.1, but both are a stretch. If they're big enough they'll fall over the property line when they go I might try it, otherwise I'd probably leave it alone. When they fall, cite him for the weeds that grow up around them. We have an "imminent danger" section...
  2. JCraver

    Goodbye,,,,,welcome

    Congrats CDA. Have always enjoyed your posts. Good Luck in your retirement!
  3. JCraver

    New homeowner claims foundation issues with a house in my Jurisdiction

    Yeah, going to need more information to answer the question. Ultimately though, from the jurisdiction's standpoint, the responsibility for any violations the jurisdiction is aware of rest on the current owner. If you come to me with a complaint about a violation on the house you just bought...
  4. JCraver

    2015 IPMC exam (64) - How do I know when I'm ready?

    Congrats
  5. JCraver

    2015 IPMC exam (64) - How do I know when I'm ready?

    Just in my opinion, but if you passed the practice exam you'll have no problem with the real test. This one was far and away the easiest one I took.
  6. JCraver

    Smoke Alarms

    What's "reasonable" to you may not in reality be reasonable to everyone, and that's the biggest (but not only) problem with this kind of thing. I just spent every dime I've saved for 4 or 5 years to buy the house my wife was after, and then the town I bought it in is going to make me spend...
  7. JCraver

    Smoke Alarms

    Ours will give them to you free, but they won't install them.
  8. JCraver

    Slab in unheated garage

    Only for city dwellers who drive tiny cars. My pickup will not fit in a 20' deep garage, and my wife's suv won't either.
  9. JCraver

    Smoke Alarms

    Sorry, but that's ridiculous. Everybody b!tches about the government - this kind of stuff is why.
  10. JCraver

    Detached Garage - Floor Question

    If it's not attached and meets the separation requirements, then I'd have no problem calling it a "barn" and not a "garage" and letting them put whatever kind of floor they want to in it. Just because there's an overhead door doesn't mean I have to automatically assume he's going to park a...
  11. JCraver

    Home fire sprinklers and the HBA

    Holy cow. Try to throw a little levity at a couple of statistics and everybody gets all twisted. I'll use a different example when I make percentage comparisons in the future. o_O The point - Very, very few people who have house fires die. There's a couple groups who would like that number...
  12. JCraver

    Home fire sprinklers and the HBA

    Apologies. 98.3%. I don't think that negates the point I was trying to make.
  13. JCraver

    Home fire sprinklers and the HBA

    Covid has a 99%+ survival rate too, and look what the world has done with that.. "The science" (and isn't everyone tired of hearing that?) says you're perfectly safe in your house without sprinklers as long as you have working detectors, but there's a bunch of government employees and an...
  14. JCraver

    What do you all wear and carry as far as boots, gloves, etc?

    I mostly use a standalone camera for code enforcement stuff, because it's easier to plug it in and download the pictures than it is to wait for our antique internet to upload them from a phone. I'll use the phone when I forget to grab the camera, but that's about it. I don't know how big your...
  15. JCraver

    New Member, new Code Enforcement Officer.

    Welcome to the forum
  16. JCraver

    When stairs need not comply

    Great post. I agree 1000%.
  17. JCraver

    When stairs need not comply

    I did that and I apologize - my post could come off harsher than I intended. What I was trying to convey is that I disagree with the way they did it. Policies are bad if they set code, and so are interpretations that stretch the language - that's what I was getting at.
  18. JCraver

    When stairs need not comply

    I know you didn't ask for my opinion but I'm going to give it to you anyway - ^^ that's nonsense. Because your BO (or you, if you're the top guy?) believes a "safe walkway" from the house to the road is somehow safer than doing without does not make it code. You can modify your local zoning...
  19. JCraver

    When stairs need not comply

    Good video. Serving is definitely not the right word, that's going to get "interpreted" to death by overzealous inspectors.. The IRC should end at grade. Rails on landscape stairs is the same thing as guards around window wells - dumb, and should not be a code requirement.
  20. JCraver

    Replacing PayPal Consideration

    What is the benefit of having something integrated with the forum? Can't you just un-integrate PP from the workings of the site if it's causing issues? All we need is a place/device to send money from me to you, no? PP (or Venmo), Square (or CashApp), Stripe, Clover, or any of the sites you...
  21. JCraver

    Cantilevered Chimney Support

    That ^^^^^ is awesome. Ask most brickies I know to build that today and they're going to look at you like you have 2 heads..
  22. JCraver

    Guard & Deck Issues on a Green Building Forum

    For our tiny population, we build a lot of decks. Not as many as some of you guys in the large jurisdictions see for sure, but around here, everyone has a deck. I've sold 2 deck permits this morning. We amended out the 200 sf and less than 30" exemptions, so they all get a permit. We charge...
  23. JCraver

    IRC or IBC???

    IRC. It's a single-family home. He just has lots of toys and a couple buildings to play with them in.
  24. JCraver

    Circumventing the Building Code

    If you want to live in a hole, or in a tent, your first step is to move out of New York and in to a free State. Then, find a county who doesn't have a building code or zoning requirements, and live your dreams happily-ever-after. You ever watch those Alaska shows on TV? Some of the people up...
  25. JCraver

    Disabled file lawsuits in droves to force ADA compliance

    Just because the government forces other people to do other things, doesn't make everything the government forces everyone to do right..... I didn't/don't mean any offense to anyone who is disabled, and I'm 100% fully on board with making government-funded, truly public spaces/places...
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