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  1. brudgers

    NEC, use more extension boxes or an access panel?

    Not being able to edit my posts makes my writing less fun. Beyond me personally, I doubt it makes the site better. Don't get me wrong. I understand why Jeff did it as a way to monetize the site. I just think it's counter-productive...and that's based on a lot of research into the...
  2. brudgers

    NEC, use more extension boxes or an access panel?

    I came up with 'sawhorse' . And I thought "I shouldn't have to pay to be one." Then I thought "Why am I wasting energy on that?" "How did that become a meaningful part of my identity?" I stopped reading the site and I didn't miss it. I just visited 'Off Topic' and it was obvious why.
  3. brudgers

    NEC, use more extension boxes or an access panel?

    Taking my son to soccer. Walking the dogs. Loving on my wife. Learning to be more selective about architectural projects. Spending more time programming computers. Spending less time reading things that **** me off on the internet and then writing about them. Looking for activities which...
  4. brudgers

    NEC, use more extension boxes or an access panel?

    I saw this and thought of the Tiger. http://diy.stackexchange.com/q/47755/23752 Cheers, Ben
  5. brudgers

    Sad to hear

    After years of embarrassment, the Redskins are finally changing their name, and will no long be affiliated with Washington.
  6. brudgers

    More 4,000 Postings

  7. brudgers

    Smoke Alarm Cause of House Fire!

    Lightning strike?
  8. brudgers

    Banks are Increasingly Becoming Targets of ADA

    Willie Sutton "Because that's where the money is." [don't go to snopes, it will only spoil the fun]
  9. brudgers

    It's official, I'm hitched

    Congratulations.
  10. brudgers

    I made it!!! Three year Board seat

    Does having a seat authorize sitting on your ***? Congratulations!
  11. brudgers

    Rafter thrust control for flush beam

    ..........
  12. brudgers

    A New Type of Smoke Detector?

    A smoke alarm designed and marketed around the idea that low battery warnings can be conveniently and continuously dismissed with a mere wave of the hand. I'm getting one just so my child can do it for me while fetching my beer during Monday Night Football. After all, the most important part...
  13. brudgers

    Temporary Use (not temporary building)

    Ask yourself, "If I were the fire marshal, what would be my concerns and how could they be addressed?" That will get you to the heart of the matter. The dangerous road with a temporary use held to lesser requirements has the building passing through a haunted house maze during Halloween...
  14. brudgers

    Structural stability

    Why are you in section 705.2? Is this based upon the architects actual code analysis?
  15. brudgers

    Emergency egress windows for Classrooms

    "Outdated" is probably not the best description. The process by which the IBC is modified differs from that by which the NFPA is altered. The NFPA tends to create code provisions based on actual experience in the field - that experience often involving the removal of corpses in the wake of a...
  16. brudgers

    lead lined walls

    If they fall under the building code, then special inspection could be required. If they don't, it's not a building code issue.
  17. brudgers

    Corridors in Allowable Area Calculation?

    If the corridors are in a separate fire area from the A-3, then they are part of that fire area. Once the people in the A3 fire area are on the other side of the fire barrier, they are considered to have reached safety.
  18. brudgers

    How fine a line do you draw "independent" in R202: Dwelling Unit?

    One doesn't depend on the other. They both depend on the common services. Jeez, read the code and stop making stuff up.
  19. brudgers

    Corridors in Allowable Area Calculation?

    If the building is separated occupancies then the corridors are counted in the fire area in which they are located. If the occupancies are unseparated, they count against the most restrictive allowable area. Just like the other occupancy.
  20. brudgers

    Compressed Earth Blocks!!!

    Adobe in a temperate climate? Good luck with that.
  21. brudgers

    I didn't

    A rubber biscuit.
  22. brudgers

    I didn't

    expect the Spanish ex-physician.
  23. brudgers

    Height of Guards

    So the minimum conventionally required by code is...
  24. brudgers

    Height of Guards

  25. brudgers

    If one is good, then two are better?

    Hamster gym.
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