tmurray
Sawhorse
Education is expensive and I suspect, they are in for a whole lot of it.
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Inspector Gadget
Registered User
That was a 2019 file I stumbled across while archiving. There were ... costs .... involved in rectifying the issue.
That is pretty sweet. Aside from the scabs, what are the bottom ends of the rafters doing?
ICE
Moderator
It might work if they can get a purlin underneath it.
Paul Sweet
Sawhorse
It actually can work if you get enough nails in it, probably a dozen or so on each side. I scabbed extension rafters to the original when I raised the roof and finished a bedroom in the attic of our former house. I calculated the number of nails necessary to transfer the bending stress. It held up for the 25 years we were in the house and through several snows.
tmurray
Sawhorse
No question it can work. You're a professional who knew how to make it work.
Whole lot of people out here just trying things out and hoping they get lucky.
Pcinspector1
Platinum Member
A lot of things will work until they fail!
You don't hear about the inspector until the news crew shows up and sez: "The last time it had an inspection was ???"
You don't hear about the inspector until the news crew shows up and sez: "The last time it had an inspection was ???"
ICE
Moderator
I have approved many a scab.....picked on a few too..... there is a minimum of 4' on each side of the break for a total of eight feet and plenty of nails. That has always been for a repair or one questionable rafter but I wouldn't aprove that in new construction without an engineered, stamped detail.
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Inspector Gadget
Registered User
phillier937
Sawhorse
New way to add sprinkler head under ductwork.
ICE
Moderator
The job is a replacement furnace in a garage. Gas fired. The cord is between the furnace and a wall. The space is about 1.5" wide. I couldn't get an eyeball on it. I did get pictures however, I couldn't see what happened until I got the pictures into the computer. The contractor reused the old cord.
Furnaces are not listed with a cord and attachment plug. Long ago LA County allowed the cords as long as they were 12AWG or better. I was able to see the reversed fitting where the cord enters the furnace but not the damaged section of cord. I wrote a correction to replace the cord with a 12AWG cord.
Furnaces are not listed with a cord and attachment plug. Long ago LA County allowed the cords as long as they were 12AWG or better. I was able to see the reversed fitting where the cord enters the furnace but not the damaged section of cord. I wrote a correction to replace the cord with a 12AWG cord.
phillier937
Sawhorse
Did my first walk thru of a hoarding house - it was really sad - unfortunately we've been trying to get it condemned. The homeowner had some roof repairs done w/o our permission/permit so we went to inspect it - I'm not sure what is going on here. They left the rotted beams in place scabbed on some 2x4s to the questionable roof structure that had water damage from years of neglect. The roofing contractor won't return our calls.
Inspector Gadget
Registered User
What are we looking at here?
Inspector Gadget
Registered User
Combustible vent pipe of some nature that goes through a one-hour fire separation. They done squirted some-a that-thar red fire caulking around the outside and called it good.
Fire damper? What fire damper?
tmurray
Sawhorse
They must be some real pros to find a listing for a fire stopping system that deals with plastic ductwork.
Inspector Gadget
Registered User
"Th' little writin' on the tube of guck we got said it was good fer four hours. Whachoo gettin' all worked up about?"
mtlogcabin
Sawhorse
Do you think there are a few code violations?
ICE
Moderator
Yes.