I'll admit to it if you will.MASSDRIVER said:
You really gotta wonder how he pulled off the fire thing.
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You really gotta wonder how he pulled off the fire thing.
TheCommish
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container on his back and switch on his belt watch his right armICE said:
Well the new water heater is here. One of the previous corrections stated that the single wall vent must be a minimum 6" from combustibles.ICE said:This was presented by a General contractor. He originally took out an electrical permit for a service upgrade and a plumbing permit to replace a hose bibb. The plumbing permit is a sham permit because we will not issue single electrical, plumbing or mechanical permits to General contractor. We will issue any two as long as they are not related to the same scope of work. For example a mechanical permit for a furnace and an electrical permit for a disconnect for that furnace will not be allowed. However a permit for a furnace and an electrical permit for a service upgrade is legal.The BS comes into this when there is a permit for something that we do not require permit for such as a replacing a hose bibb. When this contractor called for a time frame for his first inspection, I told him to get a licensed contractor to pull an electrical permit for the service upgrade before calling for inspection. Instaed of doing that he came in the next day and pulled a permit for a water heater replacement. I was there at the time.
They are truly dumb enough to think that I will not notice that the water heater is twenty years old.
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Here is a perfect example of why I have a terrible reputation.
I am such a prick that I am going to make them fix this conduit.
They will have to remove the furnace that they just got done installing.
There is the nuclear option. They can go to the office and tell the manager that I am rude, I won't listen to them, I am not helpful and they want me replaced......with an inspector that will not make them fix the conduit. Their biggest complaint will be that the conduit was broken before they slammed a furnace into it. My office manager will be eager to please and agree wholeheartedly....you do need another inspector....one that can tell the difference between an existing condition and new damage to that conduit. Gosh I'm sorry he put you through this Sir, I'll have a talk with him.
I am such a prick that I am going to make them fix this conduit.
They will have to remove the furnace that they just got done installing.
There is the nuclear option. They can go to the office and tell the manager that I am rude, I won't listen to them, I am not helpful and they want me replaced......with an inspector that will not make them fix the conduit. Their biggest complaint will be that the conduit was broken before they slammed a furnace into it. My office manager will be eager to please and agree wholeheartedly....you do need another inspector....one that can tell the difference between an existing condition and new damage to that conduit. Gosh I'm sorry he put you through this Sir, I'll have a talk with him.
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MASSDRIVER
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Plus it has to be accessible, right?
Brent
ETA: Have you ever thought about saving a step and just bring the other inspector along that will pass this crap?
You could get to be buddies.
Brent
ETA: Have you ever thought about saving a step and just bring the other inspector along that will pass this crap?
You could get to be buddies.
You're getting pretty good at this Brent. If there are splices then it's a j-box and yes it must be accessible. I wasn't planning on going there. But you do have a point. Would this be considered accessible? The cover can removed but I doubt much could be done beyond that. I figured that if I got all of the conductors within a raceway it would be a winner. But you know I could be a wiener.MASSDRIVER said:
MASSDRIVER
REGISTERED
That's why debates are fun.ICE said:
"You need to fix that."
"You're unreasonable. We can't get to it."
"It need's to be accessible. Are you sure you cant get to it? You have to be able to get to it. Maybe move it over. Can't cover it with a furnace."
"What if we were to just fix the conduit?"
" Hey, there ya go. What if you just fix the conduit?"
Brent.
conarb
REGISTERED
I thought accessible meant accessible by people in wheelchairs, blind people, retarded people, etc., you mean to tell me we now have to make J Boxes accessible?
TheCommish
SAWHORSE
I would consider the thought, I have 8000 pages of code at my disposal, do you want me to got their? or can we make the installation reasonably safe?
I was there for a final inspection of the solar installation. There's no permit for a patio cover. I left a notice to obtain a permit. I was back in the office at 3:00 when the owner called. I told him about planning dept. approval, permit and a drawing. I didn't even get to the part about no footing when he said, "How about if I just remove it" I said okay by me and that's for free. Then he said, "Cool, I bought the material last Saturday so I'll return it to Home Depot this Saturday"
That's the first time I have seen lifeguard chairs at a residence and these folks have two.
I should probably take a closer look at this water heater....but you know that there's no permit for the water heater. People get riled up when you start piling on.
That's the first time I have seen lifeguard chairs at a residence and these folks have two.
I should probably take a closer look at this water heater....but you know that there's no permit for the water heater. People get riled up when you start piling on.
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Msradell
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They actually make pretty good diving boards! Nice place to do a high dive from.ICE said:
This stuff should come in smaller containers. The electrical contractor that did this will do it one time. Well not unless he does another service upgrade in my area. So he had to buy a can of the foam that will be wasted.
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It is surprising how often I encounter a cantilevered girder.
Then they smothered that little chunk of post with hardware but it's not attached to the block of concrete.
Then they smothered that little chunk of post with hardware but it's not attached to the block of concrete.
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MASSDRIVER
REGISTERED
Modified the hardware.
Cain't do that Tater.
Brent.
Cain't do that Tater.
Brent.
steveray
SAWHORSE
Not to mention that it already looks like it is split in half....MASSDRIVER said:
kyhowey
Silver Member
That cracks me up! All that money on hardware and they forgot the "big picture".
MASSDRIVER
REGISTERED
What really cracks me up is that pier blocks are acceptable and the block they use is usually split and held in the concrete by the tips of two 8d nails.
Brent.
Brent.
I don't think the post is split. The line that looks like a spli is a surface crack.steveray said:
We haven't allowed those for a long time.MASSDRIVER said:
This furnace has been replaced by a wall furnace. It has been left in the attic because that's the cheapest way to go. The vent has been removed because it is easy to remove and they will probably try to use it. What they didn't do was seal the old roof jack so the rain is getting in. There is a puddle below the hole. It's not a big puddle and we did get a lot of rain last night and this morning.
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Here's another contractor that's into recycling.
This was inspected today because I left a notice on the door telling the HO that HVAC permits were about to expire due to no inspection on a year old permit. I wrote nine corrections. So a year later the contractor will get a call from the HO. It will be an all day affair too.
There's a bunch of this.
Well thankfully, this usually only happens once per job.
This was inspected today because I left a notice on the door telling the HO that HVAC permits were about to expire due to no inspection on a year old permit. I wrote nine corrections. So a year later the contractor will get a call from the HO. It will be an all day affair too.
There's a bunch of this.
Well thankfully, this usually only happens once per job.
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It occurred to me that some people may not know what I meant by recycling in the post above. Transite vent is not allowed to be used with contemporary furnaces. The installation instructions for most if not all will not allow it's reuse. If there is no mention of Transite in the installation instructions a phone call to the manufacturer is warranted and they will tell you not to reuse it. The reason is that it takes too long to heat up and create a draw of the flue gasses. In fact, it may never get hot enough to aid in the rise of flue gasses. It worked in the past because half the heat produced by the furnace went up the stack. The efficiency has improved to the point that not much heat is lost to the stack.
The next question is did the contractor reuse the Transite as a vent or is it being used as a sleeve for a metal vent? I don't know but I suspect that is not the case.
The next question is did the contractor reuse the Transite as a vent or is it being used as a sleeve for a metal vent? I don't know but I suspect that is not the case.
The first time out it looked like this. The old service enclosure has been left in the wall and the new enclosure is mounted over it.
Holes were punched in the cover of the old enclosure and the back of the new enclosure. Chase nipples were installed and pigtails were brought from the old service enclosure into the new enclosure.
I wrote the usual corrections. The contractor requested inspection for today. He called me this morning to get an idea of what time I would be there for a lath inspection. I was expecting a rough inspection and told him to remove the lath.
Here is the owner and the mess. The contractor did remove the lath.
The panel is energized. The owner has no power in the house.
You can see the caulk where the lath was against the nipple.
The owner called,the contractor while I was there. The contractor was upset because the original correction notice said that he can't mount the new service enclosure over the old enclosure and he has removed the old enclosure. He wants a code section regarding splices in air. Then he said that if I find such a code he wants a section regarding J-boxes being accessible.
Holes were punched in the cover of the old enclosure and the back of the new enclosure. Chase nipples were installed and pigtails were brought from the old service enclosure into the new enclosure.
I wrote the usual corrections. The contractor requested inspection for today. He called me this morning to get an idea of what time I would be there for a lath inspection. I was expecting a rough inspection and told him to remove the lath.
Here is the owner and the mess. The contractor did remove the lath.
The panel is energized. The owner has no power in the house.
You can see the caulk where the lath was against the nipple.
The owner called,the contractor while I was there. The contractor was upset because the original correction notice said that he can't mount the new service enclosure over the old enclosure and he has removed the old enclosure. He wants a code section regarding splices in air. Then he said that if I find such a code he wants a section regarding J-boxes being accessible.
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