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Yes I did...as the owner was chewing me out because it took four months to get the battery.
Well now that I have had a cup of coffee and I can safely negotiate the physical world.... The picture was taken a long time ago...so long ago that I have no memory of it. I see signs that the panel was mounted over a hole in the wall so I probably rejected all of it. It is possible that I posted these pictures in this thread and there is a description but looking through 250 pages is not going to happen.
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Solar contractors produce some of the worst electrical work imaginable.
my250r11
Sawhorse
Joe.B
Registered User
Yup, my thoughts exactly...
It is correct that a gas meter shall not be inside the dwelling. The meter indoors is an indication that some illegal construction took place. The corrections indicate that the inspector is clueless or lazy or both.
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When the inspector states that gas pipe can’t be under a slab or inside a home he has made two incorrect statements. The lowest common denominator is what we deal with and those statements might be taken as absolute. He should have stopped with, “A gas meter shall not be located indoors.” and included, “Obtain a plumbing permit to relocate the gas meter to the exterior.”
From there they can find out how to route gas pipe under a slab and in a building…..both of which are possible.
I'm sorry. Having a bad day at work. I had a choice between covering up something i should not have done (a procedural item) by glossing over it, or telling the truth and admitting to getting out of sequence. They didn’t take it well.
No apology needed…. I have plenty of bad days…I’m going back to work so I can look forward to more.
tmurray
SAWHORSE
I'd be excited to hear how the inspector believes gas makes it's way into the home to run appliances if the lines cannot be inside the building.
steveray
SAWHORSE
I'm either moving to SoCal or Canda to hang with ICE or TM.......which may also be ice in da great white north der.....
We have plenty of gas meters in buildings here...They just vent the regulator out....
We have plenty of gas meters in buildings here...They just vent the regulator out....
mtlogcabin
SAWHORSE
The important thing is you told the truth about yourself and took responsibility for what you should not have done. A rare display of manhood and character in todays world
Over the years as an inspector I was accused of making statements to contractors and owners that were, to put it mildly, colorful. Perhaps I was angry or maybe I just thought it was hilarious. Now and then as I was saying something I knew I was going to get chewed out for that. Whatever the case, on occasion, people called or wrote to complain.
When confronted with an accusation I always owned the truth. The net result was that managers knew that if I denied the accusation .... it didn't happen. They could rely on the fact that I had admitted to much worse accusations in the past. "So if he says that he didn't do it, he didn't do it."
When confronted with an accusation I always owned the truth. The net result was that managers knew that if I denied the accusation .... it didn't happen. They could rely on the fact that I had admitted to much worse accusations in the past. "So if he says that he didn't do it, he didn't do it."
So far i have not been called on the carpet over this, if/when it happens that’s going to be my defense. I did B before A and fessed up ... i could have said i followed procedures, if someone had investigated they would have found the truth, and that would have been worse.
TheCommish
Registered User
Lying about a mistake is worse than the mistake, kills all credibly
And usually makes the problem a lot worse.
I found this on a commercial property. The owner said that it is a bidet. The hardware has me believing that it was made for that purpose. But I just can't imagine using it.
There is food involved with the business and I wonder what a health department would think about this.
There is food involved with the business and I wonder what a health department would think about this.
The opening is out of plumb....by a bunch. The contractor said that I was mistaken and he used a six foot level to prove it.
We looked at the bubble and he said, "There I told you that it's okay." I said, "It's hard to argue with a spirit level."
He might have buried it in the back yard.
I mentioned that I always check both sides of a level....so he did that.
We looked at the bubble and he said, "There I told you that it's okay." I said, "It's hard to argue with a spirit level."
He might have buried it in the back yard.
I mentioned that I always check both sides of a level....so he did that.