“Best course of action is to ask the local AHJ for their input since they have the final say.”
I copied that from a thread. I’ve seen that advice many times. I have given that advice. That advice should come with a warning. There’s no guarantee that the local AHJ is trustworthy.
My experience serves as an example. I worked for Los Angeles County Public Works Building Safety. The County has eleven district offices, fourteen contract cities and a headquarters with dozens of engineers. You can ask a question and get a different answer … oh I don’t know… thirty times. You can ask the same person days apart and get different answers.
The point is, if you want to be correct you must take the AHJ for what it’s worth… and that might not be a lot. If you just want to get through it, by all means go with what the AHJ tells you. But that part about it being the “best course of action” is misleading.
I copied that from a thread. I’ve seen that advice many times. I have given that advice. That advice should come with a warning. There’s no guarantee that the local AHJ is trustworthy.
My experience serves as an example. I worked for Los Angeles County Public Works Building Safety. The County has eleven district offices, fourteen contract cities and a headquarters with dozens of engineers. You can ask a question and get a different answer … oh I don’t know… thirty times. You can ask the same person days apart and get different answers.
The point is, if you want to be correct you must take the AHJ for what it’s worth… and that might not be a lot. If you just want to get through it, by all means go with what the AHJ tells you. But that part about it being the “best course of action” is misleading.
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