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**Mech**,
May I also encourage you to become a "paid subscription"
member [ i.e. - Sawhorse ]............You can increase your
amusement & enjoyment levels substantially with just the
pictures. :grin:
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**Mech**,
May I also encourage you to become a "paid subscription"
member [ i.e. - Sawhorse ]............You can increase your
amusement & enjoyment levels substantially with just the
pictures. :grin:
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Northstar - I believe I am, it's just that the website does not indicate.
I sent a check to Jeff's office back in December which I am sure got cashed. I just never got motivated to contact him and ask his office administrator to look through the books and "credit" me here on the site. I figured I would not bother him with all the other stuff he has going on. So this December, I'll consider using paypal or a credit card so I automatically get the sawhorse status.
The $35/year is definitely worth the free advice and code interpretations. That is about half an hour's worth of a paid consultant's time.
I sent a check to Jeff's office back in December which I am sure got cashed. I just never got motivated to contact him and ask his office administrator to look through the books and "credit" me here on the site. I figured I would not bother him with all the other stuff he has going on. So this December, I'll consider using paypal or a credit card so I automatically get the sawhorse status.
The $35/year is definitely worth the free advice and code interpretations. That is about half an hour's worth of a paid consultant's time.
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The $35/year is definitely worth the free advice and code interpretations. That is about half an hour's worth of a paid consultant's time.
I wish k had your consultants. Mine are in the $150/hr range, and last month i got a proposal from one for $2,500/day billed in full day increments.
The $35/year is definitely worth the free advice and code interpretations. That is about half an hour's worth of a paid consultant's time.
I wish k had your consultants. Mine are in the $150/hr range, and last month i got a proposal from one for $2,500/day billed in full day increments.
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The new guy got screwed 11 days ago and found that out yesterday. He was sitting in his truck under a shade tree looking at his map, had the motor running and his radio and A/C blasting away. He sat there for a few minutes and when he pulled away he noticed that a little white parking enforcement jeep was sitting behind him. He didn't give it a second thought until the ticket arrived in the mail. These parking police are over the top rude. How they can ticket a car with a person in the car and no sweeper in sight is beyond me.Pcinspector1 said:
So I know the head parking enforcement officer and me and the NFG went to see her. Didn't matter says she because there is a private company that collects the fines and it is out of her hands. She made it clear that if he had brought her the ticket on the same day that it was issued she could have wiped it clean but since it's at a private blood sucking enterprise, he will have to write them a story and ask them to refund the ticket that he must pay before he can appeal. I didn't want to tell the blister what I thought about how he was ticketed....she is after all, the head officer and I might need the head later.
Years ago I turned a corner and the street was flooded. I mean flooded. I drove up the block and found where it was coming down a driveway. I parked and walked up the driveway and discovered that there was a ruptured municipal water tank on a hill behind the house. Probably a few million gallons. When I got back to my truck there was a parking ticket because it was street sweeping day. That Vampira has got to be sooooo stupid that she must get lost daily. They are dumb enough to ticket cars with a stiff behind the wheel....three and four times. There were enough flies to get it airborne and they were still writing tickets. Once they spotted the vultures professional courtesy took over and they stayed away.
The plumbing is ..... I don't have a clue. Since I have no clue, I wouldn't know what code to apply. It isn't leaking and it's been there for a long time.
Today I went to a house for a re-roof inspection and the owner came out to greet me. All 350 lbs. of her. She said that she remembers me from years ago when she built a patio cover. She insisted that I forced her to remove an open air shower from her back yard. One comeback after another floated around in my head. I realized that I should leave as soon as possible.
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You were only doing a public service, the sight of a naked 350 pound woman taking a shower could cause death or injury, did she come out riding one of those motorized scooters we see the women of Wal Mart riding?\ said:
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A 'Kalifornia' meth still?ICE said:
It didn't start out strong.
It didn't finish strong.
It didn't finish strong.
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conarb
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Tiger:
You gotta get out of there.
You gotta get out of there.
The owner is a high school shop teacher. I was surprised by that....I thought shop class went the same way as PE. They should bring back Home Economics classes. Pretty soon the only people that know how to do laundry will work at a dry cleaners.
Another one bites the dust. The contractor came to the office and he was spitting mad.
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The job is a conversion from two bedrooms to a bathroom and larger bedroom. I wrote a few corrections at the rough inspection. One of which was to set the outlets so that they will be flush with the drywall. Some other inspector came back for the inspection of the rough inspection corrections. I heard the contractor say, "But the other inspector approved it". I said, "He must have been having a bad day. That happens to all of us".
Today it's his turn. There's not more than a dozen to fix and I hope he learns a lesson.
Today it's his turn. There's not more than a dozen to fix and I hope he learns a lesson.
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Tell me something Tiger, yesterday I went to see the owner of a home I built in the 70s, he's selling and having a new home built in Nevada, he claims that he's planning to sell some commercial real estate and by being a Nevada resident he'll save a million dollars alone not having to pay California capital gains taxes. A home inspection required GFIs in the garage, there are no washers and dryers in this garage, it's just a garage, since when are GFIs required in garages, or is this just another stupid home inspector?
It has been in the code for quite a while. Even receptacles that are located in the ceiling. I have been told that the next code cycle will exempt the ceiling receptacle. I think there will be an exception for receptacles located over five feet from the floor. I can't say for sure and it's not here yet.conarb said:
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Common Tiger, fess up, you have been bootlegging as the inspector on this one for the last 61 years.
At the first attempt to pass inspection for a service upgrade, another inspector wrote one correction. The correction stated that a bonding fitting is needed where the GEC enters the enclosure. I went there for the next inspection and wrote more corrections. Six more and that included label the circuit breakers.
So this morning I get a phone call and the guy asked for the other inspector. When He found out that the other inspector is not working today he asked for a different inspector....only to find out that the inspector has been transferred. Then he thought: "Oh crap I have to deal with this inspector".
He starts out with, "I need clarification on some corrections" Okay I said. He says, "How come you wrote corrections on top of the other inspector's write up?" "Can you even do that?" I said, "I thought you wanted clarification of corrections but apparently you want validation of corrections". Do you question whether the corrections are valid?" "Yes" he says. "I've never heard of bonding every end of the cable armor that protects the GEC." "In all these years, I've never had to do that"
One of the corrections was to get rid of this jumper from the old service to this new service. He told me that Edison told him to do this and he correctly named the Edison planner for this area. He asked me how to keep power to the house without this jumper.
He knows the other inspectors.....he knows the Edison planner.....that tells me that he has been working as an unlicensed electrical contractor for too long.
I put him on hold and pulled the file. The owner took out the permit. I then asked this guy if he is a licensed electrical contractor. He said that he is the brother in-law of the owner. I asked him again if he was a licensed contractor and again he said that he is the brother in-law of the owner.
I told him to do the corrections as they are written and call for inspection and then said goodbye.
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Just something that I noticed.
It's a restaurant.
I don't eat there.....but I don't suppose that matters.
It's a restaurant.
I don't eat there.....but I don't suppose that matters.
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This is a condensate draining into a riser for a cleanout.
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I was filling in for another inspector today. A Starbucks TI contractor called for final inspection. They came out of the existing service to a 400 amp panel and also fed a 200 amp panel. The T-bar ceiling is done and there is furniture in the store.
I wonder what they will do with the truss.
The other inspector won't be back until next Wednesday, and maybe not then. The contractor asked me if he gets my list of corrections done, would I let him stock the store. I'm not willing to sign anything on this one. I didn't even sign the correction slip.
This is worth repeating. I always ask for a disconnect on the outside of these fans. It is rare that anyone complains about that.
I wonder what they will do with the truss.
The other inspector won't be back until next Wednesday, and maybe not then. The contractor asked me if he gets my list of corrections done, would I let him stock the store. I'm not willing to sign anything on this one. I didn't even sign the correction slip.
This is worth repeating. I always ask for a disconnect on the outside of these fans. It is rare that anyone complains about that.
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ICE - you've convinced me. I once thought I wanted to be a building inspector, never quite made it. Became a heck of a good (at least I thought I was good) special inspector for concrete, masonry, anchors, roofing, etc. But when that job went away, I just knew I wanted to be a building inspector - after all, I had tons of certs, I had built up a pretty good way of dealing with contractors - but no, I ended up working at an airport where I busted contractor's chops over things like concrete slump, anchors, stuff I had done before. That job ended up with me moving to facilities inspector, an area that I had 16 years of experience. Bottom line, your pictures and reading about the crony nonsense that (sometimes) does go on - yeah, I'll keep looking up jobs for y'all, but I'll finish my days as a facilities inspector.