An average day

[ICE]

Part of me would be puckering if I was cutting that service drop!.....But I believe it would refer to the buckling of the insulation on the inside of the bend that is too tight. No code section though...It exists, I just don't have it...

300.34 Conductor Bending Radius. The conductor shall
not be bent to a radius less than 8 times the overall
diameter for nonshielded conductors or 12 times the
overall diameter for shielded or lead-covered conductors
during or after installation. For multiconductor or
multiplexed single-conductor cables having individually
shielded conductors, the minimum bending radius is 12
times the diameter of the individually shielded conductors
or 7 times the overall diameter, whichever is greater.

 

[SCBO1]

mtlogcabin, Just as I thought it's a west coast thing!

I hope you get lot's of snow!

 

[my250r11]

So much for concealed spaces being sealed

 

[my250r11]

This is in the garage of the apartments. They got one out of 6 right. The other 5 look like this at the last bay before entering the apartment. This is unconditioned space so the insulation needs to be below the sprinkler line like the rest of the garage.

 

[my250r11]

This is above where the post 2165 was taken and I can see down into the garage. Needless to say a re- inspection is required.

 

[ICE]

 

[SCBO1]

ICE, where's the commentary? Looks like you maybe on a ladder looking at an HVAC job with a drain pan that's been cut out for a GAS line. Maybe it's a meth lab operation?

 

[ICE]

ICE, where's the commentary? Looks like you maybe on a ladder looking at an HVAC job with a drain pan that's been cut out for a GAS line. Maybe it's a meth lab operation?

I'd go with the first one.

 

[steveray]

It's just a steel to steel joint....Would you rather them use pipe dope?

 

[ICE]

 

[ICE]

If you fall off the roof, I guess you are screwed.

 

[ICE]

Alrighty then....it's a j-box. The trouble with that is the conduit has to be removed to access the inside of the j-box.

 

[steveray]

250......I am pretty sure that the fireblock foam may be an issue with CPVC so watch out there....Look at blazemaster or Lubrizol's website (or flowguard) they are pretty specific as to what can touch CPVC...

 

[ICE]

250......I am pretty sure that the fireblock foam may be an issue with CPVC so watch out there....Look at blazemaster or Lubrizol's website (or flowguard) they are pretty specific as to what can touch CPVC...

Okay so you are pretty sure that it may be a problem. Now we need to know absolutely, positively for sure

 

[SCBO1]

post #2174, Good catch ICE!

How is the conduit or LB connected to your J-box? you can't get a lock nut on it!

If it looks wrong, probably is wrong.

 

[my250r11]

Steveray looks like your right, but the sprinklers are in the floor assembly and attic and where they penetrate the draftstopping they are fire taped on both sides, good catch tho I will keep that in mind.

 

[steveray]

Fire tape is OK for draftstopping IMO, but if the CPVC penetrates a rated assembly, then it would need a listed penetration detail (probably with intumescent caulk)....And I would have to look again at fireblocking...

 

[ICE]

09/01/2016 was like every other average day.






I was there to inspect the insulation. This was the first time that I have been on this job. The contractor immediately tried to be a tall dog. He tells me, "Hey man I don't mean to be a jerk but the other inspector approved the framing and all of the roughs". So i'm thinking "Ya you are a jerk". Then he says, "Sealing the plates is part of the framing inspection and comes before insulation so that the inspector can see the plates". To which I replied, "We can discuss that in a moment but right now I need to write corrections". And he lamented, Correctionssss".




The HVAC contractor couldn't resist destroying a couple studs.



By the time I was done, he was happy......that I was done.

 

[steveray]

In the last pic, is that some kind of hip beam ridiculously cut?....Other than that, improper nail plates, fireblocking, stud and possibly plate repair is all I got...

 

[ICE]

Checking to see if the electrician put in the jumper (cold , hot to gas) on a service upgrade can impact my opinion of the electrician.







It's a quick skid to the bottom when they tell me that they found it like this.

 

[ICE]

There is usually a rubber gasket associated with this flashing and for some reason this one is turned sideways.

 

[ICE]

The roofer explained that the owner wants him to dam up the end of this so that the rain water will enter the drain. The drain is connected to the building sewer.

 

[ICE]

It was an easy enough day. I did 13 inspections and only wrote 32 corrections. Some days I can get near 32 on one inspection.

This inspection was for the condenser and coil. I wrote a correction about the clear space required in front of the fused disconnect.



The fence is part of a dog pen. I stepped in a pile of dog shlt on my way to her condo. Every other condo has a similar pen with a barking dog. Her's is a boxer. A white boxer. That's just wrong. Boxers are supposed to be mostly brown.

Well I couldn't get to the coil because the contractor did not provide a ladder and the furnace is in an attic. I was able to see the electrical panel.

 

[ICE]

This inspection is for a final on a re-roof. The owner wants me to write a correction because the contractor didn't replace the plaster that covered the counter flashing prior to tearing off the old roofing. He said that his wife is upset because they paid over $20,000.00 for a $6,000.00 roofing job. Well he doesn't know that it's a $6,000.00 roof and I didn't let on. He does know that he got screwed big time.