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Two Red Tags, No Permits, One Owner

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As there are no permits for these rooftop mechanical units, I have no idea what make/model they are but do know that the fuel used is propane. The owner installed them sometime in the past month or so. I was around the corner last week doing an electrical inspection and saw the first one. I went by #2 and found a similar install.
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Rider Rick said:
What are they?
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From the location, I'm assuming package HVAC units, possibly heat pumps? These are the only rooftop units that I know of in the city. The owner who installed these is from the central valley here in Cali and is definitely not familiar with the elevation or snow.

Rider Rick said:
Don't you heat with wood?
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Generally speaking, yes. Wood stoves, pellet stoves, and direct vent heaters are the norm. Most central HVAC is in mobile homes/manufactured housing units.

Sue
 
Definetly package HVAC units. Whenever we have a new (not replacement) system installed on an existing structure. we require structural engineering documentation that the roof can hold the additional weight of the unit. Although we do have snow issues here, its not to the extent that higher elevations usually get. A lot of our snowstorms come down sideways so roofs are blown fairly clean and it gets dumped on the downwind side of the building
 
klarenbeek -

Thanks for the info. Most of the homes, including these, are 1920's to 40's. They were built during the rail and lumber boom and there were no permits or plans required back then. I posted pictures here

http://www.thebuildingcodeforum.com/forum/off-topic-posts/10115-stacked-garage.html

of a 'stacked garage' and it is the garage for the first house. I wonder some days how some of the buildings here are still standing.

Sue
 
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