I will be doing a repipe soon. I contacted the building department to inquire about a plumbing permit. I can obtain an owner builder permit but the city that I live in requires an isometric drawing of the entire system.
I was told that this is so that the inspector can determine what fixtures were repiped. While I can do that, the system is conceptual up to the point of tearing open the walls and ceilings. I am not sure if I will use PEX with a manifold or branch system….or copper. The contractor has never encountered such a dumb idea.. but he hasn’t done many recipes. Shouldn’t I be allowed to tell them it is twenty fixtures and you are not coming inside my house anyway so what’s the point of an isometric drawing?
I built a six foot high retaining wall… with a permit. When the inspector arrived for the footing inspection I was removing loose soil with a shop-vac. He saw that and commented that anyone that would do that certainly has done a splendid job. He did not look at the plans or the work. He signed the card and left. It was the same performance for the pre-grout inspection. At the final inspection he noted that the wall is two feet too close to the property line. He actually wrote a correction to move it. He still had not looked at the approved plans which had the wall where it was. It occurred to me that he might have been the person that did the plan check.
Apparently the plumbing inspector is way more anal than the building inspector.
I was told that this is so that the inspector can determine what fixtures were repiped. While I can do that, the system is conceptual up to the point of tearing open the walls and ceilings. I am not sure if I will use PEX with a manifold or branch system….or copper. The contractor has never encountered such a dumb idea.. but he hasn’t done many recipes. Shouldn’t I be allowed to tell them it is twenty fixtures and you are not coming inside my house anyway so what’s the point of an isometric drawing?
I built a six foot high retaining wall… with a permit. When the inspector arrived for the footing inspection I was removing loose soil with a shop-vac. He saw that and commented that anyone that would do that certainly has done a splendid job. He did not look at the plans or the work. He signed the card and left. It was the same performance for the pre-grout inspection. At the final inspection he noted that the wall is two feet too close to the property line. He actually wrote a correction to move it. He still had not looked at the approved plans which had the wall where it was. It occurred to me that he might have been the person that did the plan check.
Apparently the plumbing inspector is way more anal than the building inspector.
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Especially if the homeowner is pulling the permit
