Window Well Rescue Opening

[FredK]

1. First of all I wouldn't hold up the bath remodel.

2. Generator needs a current permit and inspected to current code. How do I know when it was installed? It's not my responsibility to track down issued permit with no inspections/finals not done.

3. Age of the home has no standing in either issue.

 

[georgia plans exam]

Yankee,

A guard and a gate are NOT required by any code section I have found.

GPE

 

[mtlogcabin]

2. Generator needs a current permit and inspected to current code. How do I know when it was installed? It's not my responsibility to track down issued permit with no inspections/finals not done.

the generator seen in the photo was installed back in 2003, old open permit

There was a permit for the generator. It would not be difficult for the owner to prove when it was installed and thus give the BD a reason to use the original permit for the required code.

 

[permitguy]

No guard required, IMO. The service personnel will be thankful they can stand in the window well and save their backs.

 

[tbz]

KZ,

The old permit has nothing to do with the new permit. Just that the old permit was never closed out, IE: no final inspection or other, not sure.

Holding one c/o over another one, well it is what it is you all know how the game works.

Fredk,

You have me wondering, how can you say not your responsibility to track down the old permit,

2. Generator needs a current permit and inspected to current code. How do I know when it was installed? It's not my responsibility to track down issued permit with no inspections/finals not done.

The old permit in your hand, it is not a check box on a screen, the issue was brought up by you, you are the one holding the open permit over the homeowners head?

Is it to hard to read the file that has brought this unclosed permit up?

Proving it was done under the time frame is real easy, homeowner has contract from old contractor, payment records, the manufacture date is printed right on the units plating and the general facts of how old the installation looks.

As to taking such a hard line with the generator, remember 1 thing that I have not mentioned yet, the electrical inspector cleared it on the older permit at this time,

To keep the post on point with my first question, the home owner is open to certain things, however

I was just asking about reverse swing, bi-parting gates and closing the distance to about 24" from the 30 minimum required for servicing.

The fact that the old permit did not require the protection be there was helpful.

 

[Yankee]

I was getting confused, but I think your post has cleared it up for me -- generator under an old permit, work competed in that time frame but no final inspection -- close it out with an inspection to the code under which it was permitted, do not hold up the bathroom CO.

Adding a fence w/gates that reduces the working area below that required under today's code turns a compliant situation into a non-compliant situation and cannot be permitted.

Having said that, in the best of circumstances, it would be preferable to provide the minimum 30" clear working space without falling off the wall if it is technically possible, but it isn't a code issue in my mind.

 

[peach]

All depends on the jursidiction... I see open permits for projects we finished 2 years ago. Can't tell by the photo where the service side of the generator is.. as for the window well, it doesn't look like a casement.. install a ladder and call it good.

SOME building departments want a 36" guard around all window wells, which means a ladder, etc. Dealing with really old stuff... do the best you can.. OR make the homeowner spend ALOT of money.. your choice

 

[Daddy-0-]

It is the departments fault for letting the permit drag out that long without finals. When our permits are five months old they go on an inspector's "to do" list. They inform the permit holder that the permit will expire on thus and such a date and remind them weekly until inspections are called in. If the permit expires we send a Notice of Violation for failure to obtain the minimum required inspections and then we go to court if the permit is not reinstated. There is no excuse for a permit from the 2000 code cycle to still be hanging around.