An average day

[ICE]

It was left open and energized....waiting for inspection.



I removed half of the company's name because we aren't supposed to identify anyone....I can tell that it rhymes with ti***....darn it, I can't say that either.

 

[ICE]

They insulated the T&P drain pipe.....because they just did a similar job in the city of Norwalk and they are quite certain that the Norwalk inspector insisted that they do this.

So I wonder if anybody else requires this and if so, why?

 

[ICE]

This is a mistake that hurts and there is a bunch of it.

 

[ICE]

It's odd that I wouldn't have given it a second thought back when I actually worked for a living.

 

[ICE]

When the plumber installs a window.



When that same plumber does a service.

 

[ICE]

Raised floor framing inspection. Not enough wire is strung and they are ready to insulate.

 

[MASSDRIVER]

It's odd that I wouldn't have given it a second thought back when I actually worked for a living.

Wuss



Brent

 

[fatboy]

Yeah, I shudder when I think of some of the means I used to get elevated to do the work...........

 

[ICE]

I used to spot for a crane. Sometimes there was only one way to reach a perch where I could see the operator and the load. I would straddle the headache ball and get a ride. Getting off was easy, getting back on could be scary.

 

[fireguy]

Yeah, I shudder when I think of some of the means I used to get elevated to do the work...........

I took on a job cleaning an exhaust system on a 2 story hotel. I did not know it was built with 12 foot ceilings on the first floor and 10 foot ceilings on the 2nd floor. My ladder is not that tall, and I do not have a way to transport a ladder that tall. The customer parked his pickup on the sidewalk, I extended his ladder full length. I barely could reach the railing around the fan and pulled myself up to the work platform. I usually take the wand and hose with me, that day I took a rope with me. I had tied the rope on the wand and pulled the hose and wand up. I cleaned the fan and duct, and lowered my equipment to the ground. Usually I go down the ladder, change the pick-up tube to fresh water and return to the roof and rinse off the fan. Not that day, one trip was enough. After I got down, I looked at the grease I blasted off the fan, it landed on his freshly primered pick-up. Two boys were washing cars across the street. I gave them $5.00 bucks and told them to do their best. They got some grease off.

About 5 years and 2 or 3 owners later, I got a phone call to fix the fan. I declined.

 

[ICE]

The drop is long.



The conduit laid over. The garbage man spotted it before he snagged it with his truck. Edison came to the scene and did a temporary repair.



The crease in the conduit is visible above the jack.



According to the contractor, Edison's records show an emergency repair over a year ago.

 

[ICE]

It's Sunday morning and I had to go to work because a car ran into a AM/PM convenience store. The fire dept. made the store close. There is no electrical or plumbing involved and hardly any damage to the store. The other side of the wall is behind the counter area. Not worth the four hours overtime and driving 65 miles. It isn't even in my area so I wonder why I got the call.



I did notice the propane storage cabinet has been ripped from it's anchors. A car hit that too....a month ago. There are no bollards protecting it. It's not really my call since I don't work for the fire dept. but I told the owner to put in a couple bollards and anchor the cabinet. He was so happy that I told him to reopen his store that he just said no problem.

 

[ICE]

I received a call from a solar contractor. He wanted to know at what stage do we require a rough inspection. I explained that the inspection should take place after everything but the panels is installed. That's when he described the mounting feet. He told me that according to the approved plans there is a three part system of mesh and tar that seals the roof. i told him to use a tar that will harden and sprinkle granules into the tar before it sets up.



That tar will never become solid....that's a good thing

 

[Wayne]

If that's a granule, what's a boulder?

 

[MASSDRIVER]

Somewhere there is a railroad missing some ballast.

Brent.

 

[SCBO1]

Landscaping rock thievery going on, in the hood?

pc1

 

[ICE]

It looks like a #3 roofing rock.

 

[SCBO1]

I get my #3 sky hooks and my #3 roofing rocks confused, which one is certified by ASME?

pc1

 

[ICE]

The job is a re-roof. The carport is a bootleg. 2x6 rafters span 20'. You talk about spongy...this one is.



The light fixture gets it's power from lamp cord.





He gets to keep the carport but after dark, he's in the dark.

 

[ICE]

1:30 PM in the jungle.



This is the the service panel. The two new breakers at the bottom are the PV connection.

 

[Msradell]

I'm sure that she did roof will really help generate a lot of electricity from those solar panels!

 

[MASSDRIVER]

I've never seen breakers like that.

Brent.

 

[ICE]

I've never seen breakers like that.Brent.

Those predate electricity.

 

[TheCommish]

I still have them in my town hall and old school built 1949