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Msradell
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That inspector is a pathological liar and he makes up code. Sometimes to torture and sometimes it’s just to satisfy his penchant to lie.
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This architecture trend is dividing London elites.
And the eternal battle between the HAVES and the HAVE YACHTS rages on.
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Raymond Redington is the one that’s noted for that.
The job was a detached ADU. It is a flat lot in a neighborhood that was built out fifty years ago. The inspector has required drainage plan with elevations ... because he was torturing the contractor.
I was looking at bogus corrections (not mine) when I discovered one of my own failures. This correction (not mine) is for poly gas pipe. It states that the tracer wire shall be a minimum 18awg. That is not correct and the minimum tracer wire for a poly gas pipe is 14awg.
Here is the code section for the tracer wire for poly gas pipe.
Now on to my failure. When a water main supply pipe is changed from metal to plastic, I always make sure that there is a compliant grounding electrode system. So far, so good. What I have never done is require a tracer wire for the plastic pipe. Here is the code section for that:
Note the black bar on the left. That tells you that the code changed from the last cycle. The change was the minimum wire size. Previous versions of the CPC required an 18awg wire and now it is 14awg. I can guarantee that any inspector that asks for the tracer wire will be the only inspector to ask for the tracer wire.
Here is the code section for the tracer wire for poly gas pipe.
Now on to my failure. When a water main supply pipe is changed from metal to plastic, I always make sure that there is a compliant grounding electrode system. So far, so good. What I have never done is require a tracer wire for the plastic pipe. Here is the code section for that:
Note the black bar on the left. That tells you that the code changed from the last cycle. The change was the minimum wire size. Previous versions of the CPC required an 18awg wire and now it is 14awg. I can guarantee that any inspector that asks for the tracer wire will be the only inspector to ask for the tracer wire.
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a .0001% patch
This correction was written in 2019. Apparently the inspector removes the alarms to find the date of manufacture and then requires that they be manufactured no earlier than 2014. Also required is a CO2 "device".
steveray
SAWHORSE
Carbon dioxide/ CO2 detector is a bit of a pet peeve of mine....
wwhitney
REGISTERED
What's your point on the above?
The only problem I see is the confusion on the 24" rule, which refers to points along the intersection of the countertop and the wall, while the reference to a 24" cord might suggest it applies to any point on the countertop. But anyone familiar with the 24" rule will understand what is meant.
Cheers, Wayne
Well there's the problem. Give this correction to someone that has no knowledge of the code and see what happens.
Yikes
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