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An average day

fireguy,

The strappin I was making reference too is the nylon strap material used to hold three bundles of insulation together and some times used to hold a pallet of boxes together.

A spool of light wire, (bailing wire), might do the trick if you Zig-Zag the wire and staple to the bottom of the FJ. If your in a crawl space try to find galvanized wire.

There is flat metal strapping used in wall bracing but that will cost you $$$

pc1
 
fireguy,

In you scenario with the sprinkler heads I would think you would not use nylon strappin due to the melting issue and would use some type of metal to hold the insulation in place, just sayin!

As far as code, not aware of one requiring any of these to be used? Anyone else know where its at in the code??

pc1
 
No specific code or listing, just whatever holds the insulation in place, as long as you are not creating dual vapor barriers and meeting interior finish requirements (FS/SD)
 
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Simpson makes insulation support wires....http://www.strongtie.com/products/connectors/IS.asp?source=misccat#
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I've encountered this material a few times. After the floor is sheathed, too much of the insulation will be in the dirt. The wind pressure from a sheet of plywood easily overcomes the metal stays. My preferred method is piano wire. Spaced 6" from any obstruction and 12" on center elsewhere.
 
He's doing lawn care....

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until business picks up.

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I parked on the side of the road to empty my lunch pail. This guy fires up a weed-eater. So I see him and figure this shouldn't take long at all.

Just my luck, he's either Superman or an alien and he was still going when I left.

Years ago it was 6:00am with a serious hangover. Both of us. Her probably more than me. So anyway, we lived on a steep Nevada City hill. A kid started flying down that hill in a red wagon...at 6:00 am. Dawn told me to go out there and stop him. I knew who the kid was. I didn't much like him...or his father....or the rest of the family.....or anybody they hung out with. If ya know what I mean.

The noise from that wagon....in our alley....was something else. Dawn was pi$$ed. What I wanted to do was throw up out the bedroom window screaming at the little ***k....but I didn't. I just told Dawn to relax and give it a minute.

After that morning she thought that there might be something wrong with me. She darn near cried when it happened.

The kid was much improved...well he didn't have a wagon anymore so maybe that was it huh.

I miss Dawn but I couldn't handle the hangovers.
 
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The 4" corrugated pipe is a yard drain. It passes under the slab and is on the plans as ABS. The Visqueen is two layers. The contractor told me that Home Depot was out of 6mil so he bought one 3mil and one 4mil. He did the math for me and pointed out that 3+4= 7 which is better than 6. I guess sand was on short supply also. So he placed 8" of what looks like road base.

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It's a couple feet deep in places. There is CSST out there....somewhere. I asked them to expose the gas pipe for inspection. I wonder if that big a$$ machine that blows it in can suck it out.
 
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This person did a service upgrade. The first inspection resulted in six corrections. He didn't do too bad....you know considering his obvious handicap.

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I knew right away that this job would present a challenge. The description on the building permit said replace 9 windows and two doors, drywall as needed. The valuation is $16,000.00.

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The framing is plumb. The window frame is tight to the header and sill. What happened here is that the opening isn't tall enough so they had to bend the window into a parallelogram.

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They have a job card with no signatures. They are adamant that the other inspector has been there several times and the original job card was lost. It wasn't clear to me why I was there but they wanted to insulate. They have rocked lids in several rooms. The entire house has been gutted. A complete rewire and new service.

Ain't it a beauty.

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Hold on while I get my tape measure....this could be a little too close to the property line.

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That stucco actually got me laughing. You know, that surprise laugh snort. Awesome.

Can you even have that panel that close to the window? Well, not THAT panel of course.

I bet that place was loaded with tweaker shlt. They collect random garbage and just keep it around for that fantasy day at the flea market.

Brent.
 
The job is a furnace and A/C condenser. They insisted that none of the duct was replaced and they reused the existing line set. The furnace is in a closet but I wanted to see in the attic. Well when I asked they said that they didn't bring a step ladder. So one of the corrections was to provide attic access. As it turns out, there isn't an access other than this.

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Should I tell Flipper that he needs running boards? I wonder how that translates into Spanish.

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How could the same guy do both of these? Most days he's found on a street corner at Home Depot....that's how. This guy did a service upgrade and new HVAC. He got 16 corrections the first time around and only four this time. The owner saved a bundle. The system will be safe and will work for a long time. I don't mind writing all of those corrections. What the Hell, I get paid to be there.

Multiply that by 100. That's a realistic number of the same jobs that take place every day here in the concrete jungle. Better than half of them lack a permit or inspection. While they might not be all that safe or last as long, the owner did save a bundle. Now isn't that really what matters?

Each time that I am involved with these jobs, the worker comes away from it with a bunch of knew knowledge. Thousands of the street corner guys have been through one of my inspections. In my career I have written somewhere close to a half million corrections. If just 1% of those corrections stuck with the guy, that's 5000 mistakes that didn't happen.

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Who am I kidding? What I do is for naught. I am a fly in the ointment. One and all resent everything that I do. None take it to heart. That's okay with me....after all I do get paid to be there.
 
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Something doesn't look right with that garage.

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And I was right, those lath nails are way too far apart.

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The job: install new A/C coil and condenser. There is a condensate pump in the return air plenum.

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That pump is plugged into a receptacle that has been pulled out of the wall.

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And this was done by a licensed contractor.
 
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MASSDRIVER said:
FYI. Those suck.Brent.
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Now you tell me! I just bought a box of those to hold up the insulation that fell when the sprinkler head froze and broke. But the wire has got to be better than the baling twine I was going to use.
 
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