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An average day

Conarb - still fixing up house to sell so no mortgage payment when I relocate. My wife of 44+ years retires this June. I like the 40's 50's & 60's style hot rods. Not worried about customers' date=' will build what I like. [/quote']You're a newly wed by my standards, today is my wife's 82nd birthday so I took her and the kid to the new Diller Scofidio + Renfro Berkeley Art Museum, I don't like it nearly as much as the older Mario Ciampi Brutalist museum, even though they have reinforced the Ciampi museum with lots of ugly steel they still have abandoned it because of seismic concerns. We are so concerned about safety today that we are destroying beautiful architecture and cars, after 2017 FCA is discontinuing the Viper even though the new ACR has broken the record on every track it has run on, but because of a government mandate for side airbags that they say they can't meet they are discontinuing the car, they could continue it with a roadster/targa exception but the guys who race want a coupe. Whether it's buildings, cars, airplanes, or anything else too much safety destroys the quality of life.
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It's a matter of acceptable risk and a majority of people today don't want to risk something they don't understand; like cars. I have talked to and seen people with the most unrealistic expectations for cars, houses, appliances, and other every day items. A lot of them will be good candidates for fully automatic self driving cars, and thankfully they will not be in control on the roadway. We have lost what used to be known as common sense and respect for the physics involved with our every day things. I think the culprit is changing society, parents don't usually have enough time to teach the kids about things like cars, they send them to a driving school, then wonder why the kid has to call three A because the dash panel is telling them a tire is low.
 
No permit of any sort.

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I don't have permission to be here....so if anybody asks, I'm not there but this is where the dirt pile is going.

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The soil does not look like any soil in this area. It looks like sand with a fair amount if silt and clay. It should compact really well. They are half way to leveling out the back yard....all they need now is a retaining wall to hold it in.

A few days later:

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The neighbor has a discharge problem.

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By the looks of the splatter pattern, it comes out with some force.

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I can't tell what it is but it's green and that's a good sign...right?

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They requested a framing inspection. This was the first thing that I noticed.

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The other end of the rafters defies description....and that is what the correction notice says.

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The guy that met me is just a guy that meets people. He called the "contractor". That would be a contractor that has the owner pull the permits. When I asked him if he was the contractor he said nope "I am the job superintendent". He wanted to know what was wrong. Well there's enough wrong that I told him that it would have to come down and start over. For example there is a 20' opening with a 4"x10" that supports ceiling joists from two sides and rafters from two sides. The plans call for a MicroLam LVL.

The owner was within hearing distance and wanted to know why I let them install the wrong beam.... wrong headers, wrong hardware, wrong king posts, etc. I was asked if we missed an inspection of the material before it is installed. All I could think of was, "You picked the wrong crew."
 
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Less than 3 pitch?

R802.2 Design and construction. The framing details required in Section R802 apply to roofs having a minimum slope of three units vertical in 12 units horizontal (25-percent slope) or greater.

Where the roof pitch is less than three units vertical in 12 units horizontal (25-percent slope), structural members that support rafters and ceiling joists, such as ridge beams, hips and valleys, shall be designed as beams.

The funny thing is it tells you you cannot use 802, but it does not say what to use...
 
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Jeff,
The first 12 posts of this thread got messed up during the forum swap. They don't make sense without the correct picture. I can't edit so do me a favor and delete the first 12 posts.

Thanks
 
This is a disconnect for a roof mounted package unit. The outlet box to the right has a receptacle. It won't be a deadly receptacle until something is plugged in and turned on.

It's not that easy to pack so many violations in such a small space.

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What's wrong with this picture?

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Well that would be this:

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Jeff,
The first 12 posts of this thread got messed up during the forum swap. They don't make sense without the correct picture. I can't edit so do me a favor and delete the first 12 posts.

Thanks
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I'm out of town, I'll help you correct it when I get back. Make sure you have the correct pictures
 
Thanks for that Jeff. I was able to fix the first post. Not all that easy because I have to go to an old computer and look through 4,110 pictures. I found this picture near the front of the file but some of the others may never be found.
 
As people find threads with missing or wrong pictures....if you tell me about it I may be able to fix it.
 
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The inspection was related to a bathroom remodel. I wasn't afraid because there's a padlock on the door.
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And the light is on.
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I couldn't take pictures once I was inside but oh my what a place it is. There's not a square inch that isn't covered by some knickknack.
 
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In post #1996 there was a dirt pile that caught my attention. I wrote a correction slip that asked the owner to contact me. I also advised that the fence was not a retaining wall and to not pile dirt against it.
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This is after:
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I don't like it when I am ignored...but I can't let it bother me because it happens a lot. I am not convinced that the 20" of dirt that has been added is a big deal. Worth noting is that the other properties that abut the alley have a fence a little bit West of this guy. H'm, I wonder if he has crossed the property line. Like I said, I don't like it when I am ignored.
 
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The mechanical contractor called me at 8:15 am and asked me what time I was going to arrive for his inspection. I told him that it would happen between 9 and noon. He asked me to delay as long as I could so that he can round up a ladder.

I got there around 2:00pm.

Obviously I was too early.

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It appears that the plenum is the support for the package unit. He told me that it is a new way doing it and he will come up with the installation instructions that show this. I wonder if the instructions show the unit tilted to follow the roof pitch.
 
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I think that it might be tough on the bearing when the fan is tilted. Really just a guess on my part.
 
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The electrician said that he didn't knock the vent loose. What a slug. Either way, he's an idiot that doesn't know any better.
 
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