jar546
CBO
I am curious as to how the Building Department will fare in this situation.
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Hidden problems in new homes as Florida construction booms
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The last statement from the video is “Hire your own inspector.” Now why is that a thing when the AHJ issues a permit and performs inspections?
jar546
CBO
mtlogcabin
SAWHORSE
They will fare just fine. Inspections are just a representative sampling at different phases of a construction project. A smart building official will use this as a reason to justify more staff and a larger budget for training.
jar546
CBO
Legally, yes, but in the court of public and political opinion, probably not.
steveray
SAWHORSE
A "smart" manager will fire the BO as a scapegoat to show that they are doing something and that they care, and inevitably hire someone that likely sucks as a replacement....
TheCommish
SAWHORSE
Observations
I don't see how the things the removing are beams, bolt onto the frame?
Building Inspections is gross quality control and life safety, not the RDP, construction superintendents and trades persons who are responsible for the means, methods and code compliance.
Years after the building is completed who has been doing the maintenance to ensure the sealants at dissimilar materials are preventing water intrusion?
I don't see how the things the removing are beams, bolt onto the frame?
Building Inspections is gross quality control and life safety, not the RDP, construction superintendents and trades persons who are responsible for the means, methods and code compliance.
Years after the building is completed who has been doing the maintenance to ensure the sealants at dissimilar materials are preventing water intrusion?
Yankee Chronicler
REGISTERED
So you've been paying attention to recent history ...
Shifting the responsibility back and forth without acknowledging the outcome is why the problem persists. A common theme of the failures is that there is usually a simple step that was omitted and walla there's a huge problem.
I owned an eight year old condo in a development of 400 units. Once a month there was a restoration company dealing with a failed water pipe that flooded the unit and perhaps the adjoining unit. I collected samples of the copper pipe. None had been reamed and the turbulence scoured the copper away to the point that it wore pin holes. The simple step of reaming the pipe resulted in one disaster after another.
The video shows the failure to keep out water at windows. The failure to keep the water out was compounded by a failure to provide a path for the water to get out. Millions of windows have stood the test of time and this particular development has rotted in record time. That's the result of nobody paying attention.
The problem is fairly well hidden here in Southern California. Houses are not falling down, asphyxiating the occupants and spontaneous combustion is rare. Trust me on this, the AHJs in many jurisdictions are uniquely unqualified....however, life trudges on and nobody is the wiser.
One explanation has to do with the continuously unfolding new codes. Take arc-fault circuit breakers as an example. There are many inspectors that still do not require them. Some don't even know what they are. Is that an issue that will cause a problem? Will the lack of arc-fault protection jump out and get attention? No. The existing technology that worked for decades is still working. How about hold downs, shear walls and MST straps. What is the obvious defect if they are missed? We'll have to experience the Big One before that is an issue.
I owned an eight year old condo in a development of 400 units. Once a month there was a restoration company dealing with a failed water pipe that flooded the unit and perhaps the adjoining unit. I collected samples of the copper pipe. None had been reamed and the turbulence scoured the copper away to the point that it wore pin holes. The simple step of reaming the pipe resulted in one disaster after another.
The video shows the failure to keep out water at windows. The failure to keep the water out was compounded by a failure to provide a path for the water to get out. Millions of windows have stood the test of time and this particular development has rotted in record time. That's the result of nobody paying attention.
The problem is fairly well hidden here in Southern California. Houses are not falling down, asphyxiating the occupants and spontaneous combustion is rare. Trust me on this, the AHJs in many jurisdictions are uniquely unqualified....however, life trudges on and nobody is the wiser.
One explanation has to do with the continuously unfolding new codes. Take arc-fault circuit breakers as an example. There are many inspectors that still do not require them. Some don't even know what they are. Is that an issue that will cause a problem? Will the lack of arc-fault protection jump out and get attention? No. The existing technology that worked for decades is still working. How about hold downs, shear walls and MST straps. What is the obvious defect if they are missed? We'll have to experience the Big One before that is an issue.
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steveray
SAWHORSE
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