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An average day

What you see here is a heat exchanger.

FVIR water heaters are not supposed to have external insulation because it may cover the combustion air intake.

Most new water heaters are FVIR.

Most new water heaters have plenty of insulation.

Mine keeps my garage warm. I have a large garage.
 
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ICE said:
It's the live amo that gets them going.
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When I was a kid framing with my weed-challenged cousin, he enjoyed taking the duds and hammering them into the windows sills. Well, enjoyed it until one blew his hammer head off and broke his nose.

Brent.
 
Not here either..

The beauty of my current job is this: I can totally ignore other jobsites; if we haven't been hired to inspect them, we have no authority/responsibility for them.
 
Darren Emery said:
On the tread picture - is that a friction set screw???
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That was my guess as well. It's like it is set up waiting for the welder. It has been there for years.

Does anyone know why the pictures are small? They were full size when I posted them.
 
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I am still looking for a house to buy and came across this:

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The picture is from Redfin. It appears that there is no guard rail at the second floor. I sent a copy of the picture to the local building dept.View attachment 835

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ICE said:
I am still looking for a house to buy and came across this:View attachment 1953

The picture is from Redfin. It appears that there is no guard rail At the second floor. I sent a copy of the picture to the local building dept.
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That's a beautiful stairway! Won't be nearly as pretty after they make it code compliant. :)
 
MtnArch said:
So, ICE, did you put an offer in on it?
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No Alan I didn't. It is next to impossible to sell a house to a building inspector.
 
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Isn't the first step to be considered a landing? As a landing, isn't there a minimum depth?
 
fireguy said:
Isn't the first step to be considered a landing? As a landing, isn't there a minimum depth?
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This is not the required egress door so if there are two or fewer risers and the door does not swing over the stairs, no landing is required.

The bottom riser is 8.5" and the top riser is 9.5". The treads are way different from each other. Two additions and five outbuildings (all occupied by renters) were demolished by order of a code enforcement inspector. I was on the property to inspect an el. service upgrade and that all of the demo work has been completed. The stairs have been there for a long time (20 maybe 30 years}. I was told to ignore it.
 
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ICE said:
An attic storage/playroom space has been created in garage. The floor joists are 2x6. The span is 29'5". I could not find a splice in the floor joists. It would take a 30' 2x6 to pull that off. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it myself.
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I've never seen a 2x6 even close to that long! You should have asked him where in the world, he found such an animal. Not that it really matters, considering there so many other problems, but...
 
There needs to be a "Warning! Floor may collapse at any time!" sign in that mess of signs....

ICE said:
An attic storage/playroom space has been created in garage. The floor joists are 2x6. The span is 29'5". I could not find a splice in the floor joists. It would take a 30' 2x6 to pull that off. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it myself. View attachment 2017

In the attic space there is a 2x hung from the ridge. The 2x is then nailed to the vertical 2x. The vertical 2x is toe nailed to a flat 2x that rests on the top of the 2x6 floor joists. The flat 2x is face nailed to the top of the floor joists. This took place at the mid-span of the floor joists.

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The attic is accessed by a drop down stairs. I was told that the kids use it during the winter when it cools down. The owner is a fireman.
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