An average day

[ICE]

The job was a PEX re-pipe. Included was some new copper pipe at the main shut-off. On re-pipe jobs I always look fo the electric service grounding. Many times there was a GEC that was eliminated. If I can't find a suitable connection to an electrode, I ask for a pair of ground rods a minimum six feet apart.

On this job a rod was placed below the service cabinet. Fifty feet away from that rod I found another rod. Forty feet from the second rod I found the water main connection. The armor is bonded at both rods but not at the water main. Now yes I know that the water main should be the primary electrode but I'm dealing with plumbers so when there is no interior pipe that must be bonded I go for two rods. My bad but you should see the crazy things they will do if I ask them to go to the front.

In this case, the lady told me that the plumbing contractor hired an electrical contractor to provide the grounding.

 

[ICE]

Partly shaded at 10:30 am. Mostly sunny by 11:30 am. Mostly not by 1:30 pm.

 

[ICE]

C-Taps are great except for the fact that one in a hundred is installed correctly.



The guy that met me called his hefe. He had a smug attitude....like boy you're in trouble now. The hefe shouted at his phone. With the unemployment rate near 3% I'm surprised that the hefe is a hefe.

 

[linnrg]

I am surprised that you have ever meet the Hefe given the items you find that are done by the untrained.

 

[e hilton]

Looks like the screw holding the bracket to the wall could use a washer to better cover the slot.

 

[ICE]

Looks like the screw holding the bracket to the wall could use a washer to better cover the slot.

Thanks

 

[e hilton]

Thanks

You’re welcome. Just call me Frost. One day i might be Ice ...

 

[ICE]

The basement will be a wine cellar. There is a sewage ejector.



I asked about the electrical.....The person that met me is the plumber.

He pointed to the pipe closest to me and said that it is the electrical conduit.

 

[ADAguy]

Point being? How many panels did you "sell" today?

 

[ICE]

There's lots of issues here but I don't have all day.

Suffice it to say that at one point I told the contractor to place OSHA approved impalement protection. I even told him that only the flat version is OSHA approved.





It's right there on the top..."warning!! not to be used for impalement protection."



For you folks that will tell me that it is none of my business...well then, I know a good use for the mushrooms.

 

[conarb]

And people wonder why government employees are the most hated people around.

 

[ICE]

And people wonder why government employees are the most hated people around.

What makes you think that people wonder why.

 

[e hilton]

So heres my opinion on the mushroom heads. Is it right? No. Is it a good faith effort in a situation where no one is at an elevated position and likely to fall on the rebar? Yes. So ignore it, maybe mention to the contractor that it doesn’t meed osha, and go look for another problem.

 

[ICE]

At the first inspection there was about a dozen #4 bars sticking a foot out of the ground for alignment string. They thought that the work was ready for the first phase of a two pour footing and slab. I pointed out that there were no dowels and an engineered detail is required. The contractor told me that the plan is to wet set the dowels. We do not allow that and dowels shall be in prior to placing concrete. I also mentioned the rebar missing caps.



They did get a detail and it is for a typical garage ..... they didn't even attempt to make it look like they would follow the detail.



e hilton,
While I agree with your assessment as to the relative danger, clearly these people are yanking my chain.

 

[tmurray]

And people wonder why government employees are the most hated people around.

A safe work environment is everyone's responsibility.

 

[ADAguy]

A safe work environment is everyone's responsibility.

So true and yet if you speak up you don't have the power to shut the job down (but you can inform OSHA - (smiling).

 

[ICE]

So true and yet if you speak up you don't have the power to shut the job down (but you can inform OSHA - (smiling).

You are right, I can't shut a job down for most safety issues....I has to involve the public's safety before I can shut it down. However, I can refuse to get near it and by extension, refuse to inspect the work. The result is nearly the same....one just takes longer than the other.

 

[ICE]

This one should get conarb wound up tight.

I was there for a sewer inspection. I noticed that the service panel has been upgraded from the original and it looked suspicious. The owner is a retired Sheriff. He assured me that the panel was done by an electrical contractor with a permit.

I had no choice but to note deficiencies.






I talked him into GFCI for the pool pump. It's a guess which circuit that might be because the pair of breakers that were labeled "Pool" are 70 amp. I didn’t remove the dead front.



Solar has been installed and presumably, inspected by others.

 

[ICE]

It is all schedule 40. The feeder is already in the conduit. The objective is to supply a 200 amp sub-panel. Do you ask them to correct the violation?

 

[mtlogcabin]

What options will you give them to correct the problem?

 

[e hilton]

Do you ask them to correct the violation?

Not ask ... require. Sometimes the surroundings make it difficult to do work ... not in this case. No reason they couldn’t have done it right.

 

[ICE]

What options will you give them to correct the problem?

Paint.

 

[ADAguy]

Ice, "you" are De Man. Bet the sheriff's uniform was tidier than this job site.
Did you check the permit files after your visit?

 

[ICE]

Did you check the permit files after your visit?

No.