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An average day

ICE said:
Ya I knew you wouldn't be far behind.I came across this arrogant bastard yesterday.

We have 2 or 3 of these spot around our city, Council approved them for the individual residents because they no longer have access from the alley to their property and there is not enough room for a parking space in the front. Basically non conforming lots that where subdivide in the 20's and 30's through no fault of the current residents.
 
Inspector wrote up "Needs chairs" and the sap got a folding lawn chair and an ice tea and watched the pour!

You gotta be more specific when writing up your correction reports.

Pic #1648, I've seen it all now! Wheres the $500.00 fine sign?

pc1
 
mmmarvel said:
But it looks like the concrete missed the rebar too. I mean is that one of the things you are showing? Uh, the rebar is suppose to be in the concrete, not sitting below the concrete and I'm flipping confused.
Yes that was the point of the post.
 
ICE must be preparing for the code hearings in Long Beach, gonna tear em a new one I suspect? :)

pc1
 
I spent last week at the Solar Power International show at the Anaheim convention center.

Many dollars were wasted on drinking fountians. Nobody uses them and there was an expectation that there would be a herd of people using wheelchairs.

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The carpet is Brent proof.
 
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conarb said:
Come to think of it I haven't see a water drinking fountain in years, I thought they went away with low flush toilets and low flow faucets.
That's because you guys in California keep expanding in an area that doesn't have any water! You try to steal it from everybody in the Southwest and they are finally fighting back. Some of us in other parts of the country have abundant sources of water.
 
ICE said:
I spent last week at the Solar Power International show at the Anaheim convention center.Many dollars were wasted on drinking fountians. Nobody uses them and there was an expectation that there would be a herd of people using wheelchairs.



The carpet is Brent proof.
All of those are a violation....Have them rip em out....

1003.3.3 Horizontal projections.

Structural elements, fixtures or furnishings shall not project horizontally from either side more than 4 inches (102 mm) over any walking surface between the heights of 27 inches (686 mm) and 80 inches (2032 mm) above the walking surface.

Exception: Handrails are permitted to protrude 41/2 inches (114 mm) from the wall.
 
Steveray is right, a blind person could run into to those, that's why we usually see them inset!

Someone got big bucks for doing that review and is probably retired and suck'in down a retirement pension.

Good catch!
 
We've allow the installation of partitions (barriers) or rails (guards) that projects from the wall or floor beyond and on both sides of the drinking fountains as detectable warnings; see 307.4 for details in accordance with section 103.
 
He is a contractor and Flipper is his name. The permit is for a bathroom remodel and taking part of the living room to enlarge the master bedroom. I was there for the final and noticed that all of the lights, switches and receptacles have been replaced....without a permit.

Well I went looking for the ARC fault protection at the service panel. Oh my what a mess that is.

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The box on the right is a disconnect for the HVAC that is on the roof. It won't open because the door hits the service front cover. There is #6 wire coming from a 100 amp breaker in the service panel.



There is no dead front cover and even if there were, the #12 GEC is in the way.

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Any bets out there that they will claim that it was all done under a permit.

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I hate to see this. What else can they do? The shingles are old and so brittle that getting under them is out of the question...but that's not what bothers me.

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The kid doing the work is doing okay considering what he has to work with.

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Another flipper tells me that this water heater was there when he purchased the house. He swears that there is a permit on file for a water heater. I told him that is entirely possible but it's just not this water heater.


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A few years ago, I believe it was in Marin County, an inspector was on a roof and a contractor happened to drive by and see him, he turned him into CalOSHA and it made all the papers. If it was me I wouldn't have done that, I would have taken a picture with my cell phone, the next time Tiger came by one of my jobs and wrote my up I'd whip out my cell phone, show him the picture, and say: "Now Tiger you don't really want to write me up do you?"[/URL]

They installed a flush beam which opened up the living room to the kitchen ....without a permit. They also dry-walled all of the lids. The permit that they have now obtained is for a kitchen remodel. I made them remove a 12'x4' section of the lid so that I can see what's been done. All along they have claimed that the only electrical work is in the kitchen.

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That elephant's trunk worth of Romex in the background is a bunch of cut ends and is abandoned wiring. I was told that, oh there was some electrical work done after all...as in a complete rewire.

The guy that I am dealing with is a sleazy, smarmy azzhole. He keeps calling me boss. "Yes sir boss" "What can we do next boss". That is such a tell that he has done some serious cell time. I want to...well you know.
 

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Post #1673,

What...."grounding to the water spigot", that's how it's done in Esparto,

ask Brent!
 
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