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<blockquote data-quote="tistan" data-source="post: 17020941" data-attributes="member: 26495"><p>I've had inspectors try that. I won't do it. Electrical and gas fireplaces are the worst of it. My electricians usually will bitch and do what the building tells them, but they don't pass that to me. My fireplace guy is old school and he will fight them on some of this shit. </p><p></p><p>One time the inspector tried to make me put in a handrail on a walkway with a 6' drop. I had the before pictures that showed the handrail was never there. I showed them to him and told him you can't force me to do something that was never there. I told him the handrail was going to be $2,000 and that he could make the check out to me. He decided it didn't need a new handrail to pass. </p><p></p><p>Just recently I had some steel beams put in. The engineer called for 3/4 bolts or welding the connections. I did both because it seemed like a lot more weight than I felt comfortable loading on just that small of an area of the webbing. The inspector sees the welds and tells me I need a certification for them. I show him the engineering plan and ask him if I just did 3/4" bolts, then I don't need an inspection? He said that is correct. I said so therefore the weld is completely irrelevant and extra and I don't need an inspection. He says okay I'll let it slide this time. I said you're not letting anything slide because it is not required. </p><p></p><p>I'm at the point that I'm so sick of the building departments shit that I give no ****s when dealing with them. I've told the head of the department that I do un-permitted work whenever possible because his inspectors don't understand building and makes everything a pain in the ass. Then if I make a change to the plan they charge me a splice fee. Some times when I'm in the field it make sense to go to a larger beam or bigger column. If the inspector catches it, I have to go back to the engineer, he has to make a change, I have to go back to building and file it, then I have to get reinspected. If I have to use a different Simpson bracket, I have to go back to the engineer I lose 2 days waiting on inspectors, because the inspections department only tells you what day they are coming and will not give a time. I lose a couple days waiting on the engineer. Then I have to pay him, then I have to pay the building a splice fee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tistan, post: 17020941, member: 26495"] I've had inspectors try that. I won't do it. Electrical and gas fireplaces are the worst of it. My electricians usually will bitch and do what the building tells them, but they don't pass that to me. My fireplace guy is old school and he will fight them on some of this shit. One time the inspector tried to make me put in a handrail on a walkway with a 6' drop. I had the before pictures that showed the handrail was never there. I showed them to him and told him you can't force me to do something that was never there. I told him the handrail was going to be $2,000 and that he could make the check out to me. He decided it didn't need a new handrail to pass. Just recently I had some steel beams put in. The engineer called for 3/4 bolts or welding the connections. I did both because it seemed like a lot more weight than I felt comfortable loading on just that small of an area of the webbing. The inspector sees the welds and tells me I need a certification for them. I show him the engineering plan and ask him if I just did 3/4" bolts, then I don't need an inspection? He said that is correct. I said so therefore the weld is completely irrelevant and extra and I don't need an inspection. He says okay I'll let it slide this time. I said you're not letting anything slide because it is not required. I'm at the point that I'm so sick of the building departments shit that I give no ****s when dealing with them. I've told the head of the department that I do un-permitted work whenever possible because his inspectors don't understand building and makes everything a pain in the ass. Then if I make a change to the plan they charge me a splice fee. Some times when I'm in the field it make sense to go to a larger beam or bigger column. If the inspector catches it, I have to go back to the engineer, he has to make a change, I have to go back to building and file it, then I have to get reinspected. If I have to use a different Simpson bracket, I have to go back to the engineer I lose 2 days waiting on inspectors, because the inspections department only tells you what day they are coming and will not give a time. I lose a couple days waiting on the engineer. Then I have to pay him, then I have to pay the building a splice fee. [/QUOTE]
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