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An average day

Pcinspector1 said:
Would or could you allow the white wire if it had green tape at the ends?....cricket sounds?...pc1
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Wire smaller than #4 shall not be re-identified. If it were a solid wire I would not be opposed to stripping the insulation for the entire exposed length.
 
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There is a service upgrade with the Edison drop running across the neighbors garage roof. It is less than 3' above the garage roof. Edison spotted the meter where it is so apparently Edison has no concern about the proximity to the neighbors roof. I wrote a correction that the drop has to be 8' above the garage roof.

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At some point, an Edison crew will be making a hook-up. The next picture is the neighbor's service. I will wait to see if Edison has anything to say about that.

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ICE, I think you made the right call, the roof looks less than 4/12p in the picture. Greater than 4/12p could allow the drop to be 3ft.

The mast will look like dog dodo when it's all said and done, but that's the code.

pc1
 
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The right side of the tower could have been a little cricket.

At least there's not a bunch of scaffold waiting to collapse.
 
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This is just north of Chico, Ca. They must not be in a recognized seismic zone. There have been earthquakes in the area.

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I would have a hard time working in an area that doesn't have earthquakes....things look like they are incomplete.

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MASSDRIVER said:
We should go to Sierra Nevada brewery and get smashed and tell lies about how good we are. Brent.
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I am back home in southern Ca. I used to put away plenty of beer with a guy named Brent when I worked in Chico. Nowadays it's more like a chocolate shake at Denny's.
 
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I am back home in southern Ca. I used to put away plenty of beer with a guy named Brent when I worked in Chico. Nowadays it's more like a chocolate shake at Denny's.
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The world is a cruel place.

Brent. (The other one).
 
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This is my fault. I should have caught this at rough inspection. There is no way to place the laundry equipment without the dryer sitting in front of the panel. I wrote a slew of corrections on this job. The owner tried to have me replaced...more than once. And now this. I told him that I made the mistake and I'm not going to make him correct it. That's awful huh. The damned thing won't be dangerous until someone has to work on the inside of the panel but that's no excuse for missing it. I just looked at the file...45 corrections have been written so far.
 
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JCraver said:
Was one of them that guardrail in the background?
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That didn't take long at all. And yes it is at 28" high at the nose of the tread.
 
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Okay, so you're there for a sheathing inspection....what catches your attention?

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I almost always have to dig through crap to see the work. Sometimes it's like I'm on an alien planet.

When there are slotted washers there shall be a cut washer under the nut.

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There's a lot of paint on that pipe.

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This guy had it fixed in no time. Now had he been a kilt aficionado, and that's not what you are thinking fatboy, well I would have said get it fixed and call me back. But no....this guy was almost in pants so I stuck around while he fixed it. It was a little bit nerve wracking when a helicopter started circling.

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mtlogcabin said:
Is that black soot, or burnt galvanize around the "B" vent opening?
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You're pretty darn good for an desk jockey. It is from soot. I brought the lady outside and showed it to her. She said that it is from two years ago when the wall furnace malfunctioned and was repaired. I couldn't get close to it because the roof is too steep for me to walk.

The lady was different than most. She reminded me of a someone from my past.

Years ago I owned a Union 76. I had three bays of mechanics working 24 hours a day. One day a lady pulled up to the full serve island. I worked that island quite often and she was as white as Conarb. She had jet black hair, too much red lipstick and oh my gosh was she wrinkled. Well she looked like a poorly prepared corpse. Turns out that she became a regular customer. I gave her the knickname Dead Lady.

One winter day she drove up and asked if we could do a brake job on her car. I went into the shop and said, "Can any of you mechanics do a brake job on the Dead Lady's car. A few of them turned and looked at me but nobody said anything. From behind me I heard her say, "The Dead Lady?"
 
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