jar546
Forum Coordinator
Just got home from vacation on Saturday night. Woke up Sunday AM to the sound of an aluminum ladder being pulled off a truck. Looked out my back window and saw my neighbor's house 2 doors over with a brand new flat roof framed over the attached garage. Nice neighbors, they rent.
So I went over and talked to the contractor. Asked him if he could please have the landlord place the permit in the window (I knew they did not have one). Of course he said he thought the owner took care of that. Yeah right. Nice 2x8 construction with the ledger board nailed into the wood siding, 1/12 pitch and a span of 15' for our 40# GSL. There was a 12" overhang and in order to get the pitch, the ends of the rafters were notched out about 50% or so.
I reminded him (contractor) that doing structural work that does not meet the minimum code standards next door to the code official was not a good idea and he needs to stop working. It would be a great idea to come to the borough building on Monday and apply for a permit and provide drawings for what he has done.
Welcome back from vacation.
So I went over and talked to the contractor. Asked him if he could please have the landlord place the permit in the window (I knew they did not have one). Of course he said he thought the owner took care of that. Yeah right. Nice 2x8 construction with the ledger board nailed into the wood siding, 1/12 pitch and a span of 15' for our 40# GSL. There was a 12" overhang and in order to get the pitch, the ends of the rafters were notched out about 50% or so.
I reminded him (contractor) that doing structural work that does not meet the minimum code standards next door to the code official was not a good idea and he needs to stop working. It would be a great idea to come to the borough building on Monday and apply for a permit and provide drawings for what he has done.
Welcome back from vacation.