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An average day

ICE said:
The job is a large room addition. The hole in the floor is a sewer cleanout. It is inside the front entry.



The contractor stated that an inspector required the cleanout when inspecting the under-slab plumbing. That seems like a lousy excuse.
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Atleast they won't have any trouble finding it when they need it!
 
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The plans also indicate 4 rebar in the footing and the picture only shows 3
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The plans call for a #4 on each side. The rebar in the middle is an extra on the drawing. Looking at the rebar in the wall there is supposed to be a horizontal rebar every 32” but the drawing places rebar about 12” apart.
 
ICE,
On the "day tank anchorage" detail (CMU wall), do you ever inspect the keyway between the foundation and the wall? Having the keyway is more work for the contractor. With #5 @ 24" vert passing through the joint, the keyway is probably a waste of time. But, it is shown on the approved plans. Is the keyway dimensioned on a typical detail or note?
 
Phil said:
ICE,
On the "day tank anchorage" detail (CMU wall), do you ever inspect the keyway between the foundation and the wall? Having the keyway is more work for the contractor. With #5 @ 24" vert passing through the joint, the keyway is probably a waste of time. But, it is shown on the approved plans. Is the keyway dimensioned on a typical detail or note?
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I asked for printed pictures of the keyway and allowed them to erect 4’ of wall before the next inspection. The #5 rebar are spaced 16” apart. There is no dimension for the keyway. They will use a 2”x4” block.
 
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I have come across this several times in the last month.

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It can't be used with armor protection for the GEC.

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Many of the screws managed to cut all the way through the vinyl. I'm not so sure that my explanation of window flashing got through to them.
 
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Wow, they used a screw designed to go through cement board and were surprised when it tore that soft vinyl the shreds? Who'd have thought?
 
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What do you do when you encounter such a lame, stupid, dangerous condition? Me? Well I do what you probably wouldn't.
 
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TI of a fast food restaurant. There was no plan to replace any duct.

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I had a duct removed from a plenum.

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I gave them options. They could obtain a permit to replace everything or I would ask the Health Dept. to have a look. They got the permit. I am flabbergasted that I had to influence the decision.
 
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I was there to inspect the sheathing for a re-roof. I went to the back yard to see another building that was not mentioned on the permit and found all of the solar array equipment. Had I not gone to the back yard, I might not have been aware that solar was removed. The roofers told me that the company that they work for re-installs solar quite often. Apparently without permit or inspection.

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Upon entering the bedroom you first notice the low ceiling. It stretches for two thirds of the room and the rest is a high vaulted ceiling.

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It is a floor/ceiling for a loft.

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The access is through the closet.

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I have said no to cloth web used to support flexible duct because it tends to fold and become narrower than the 1.5" wide as required by code. Now a contractor has asked the office manager for a code section to back that up. The manager has asked me to find that. I replied that there is only the 1.5" wide code. This material fails, which the picture documents. Actual real world evidence is not good enough to satisfy the contractor and or manager. I am now asked to research the listing (if it exists) for the cloth web and the duct in an effort to find an approval or prohibition for use of the cloth web.

My take on this is that any approval is moot because the stuff fails to perform. I have found the failure dozens of times. Every other time, all of the web was replaced without hesitation. So I will give the manager another shot at the picture and tell him to make up my mind for me.

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