Please Help- Code Violation
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Comments (88)Well, hello, everyone! What a nice surprise to see emails from cottage gardeners in my inbox. I hope you're all doing well, and I know you Northerners must be on pins and needles awaiting Spring. I hope it's sprung for you guys. We're in the throws of Spring down here in Florida. The weather has been gorgeous. Yeah, I've been pretty dull for a while. I'm still gardening, but I haven't been on the forums in ages. I miss you guys! The City Code Enforcement seems to have seen the light regarding my modest garden. It was nonsense, and the City Manager seemed to agree. So I shouldn't have any more problems. Crossing fingers... Gene and I went to Ireland in Sept. 06, and I was so inspired by the small front yard gardens and all the lush hanging baskets. Most of the yards had a rock wall, or a tidy hedge in front, then wild abandon behind it. So I decided to redo the front of my garden to have a more "orderly" appearance like the ones I saw in Ireland. I made a short picket fence/edging and put tall red pentas behind it. I keep the pentas trimmed as a hedge. Anyway, I think this makes my garden look more like a garden, and not just random "horiticultural overgrowth". Here's a few pics, and I included a link, too. Hugs! Happy Spring! Happy Easter! Ooooh. Easter candy... Cadberry Eggs... Excuse me while I run out for chocolate... Nicki Here is a link that might be useful: More photos...See Morewhat if we have code violations?
Comments (5)Trying to get this straight. When you refer to the "electrical inspector" it sounds like this is someone you are hiring privately and not the local government inspector. If so, why are you assuming that he is required to notify the building inspector (or as you are calling him, the "code officer)? That's not normally the case. In every jurisdiction that I've worked in, that's not a requirement. It's up to you or your contractor to deal with the local building inspector. With respect to the permit that was obtained, in most places they will eventually catch up (depending how busy they are) to the fact that there is an open permit that was never "finalled." You will then get a call asking about it. If it were me I wouldn't mention the junction boxes (burying junction boxes is not patricularly unsafe but if there is a failure, good luck finding the problem). Technically they have the right to ask you to open walls, etc. to see that the work was done properly. Whether or not this happens is solely in their discretion and could go either way (some factors they consider is if they know the contractor and his work, the outward appearance of the renovation, etc.). As far as responsibility goes, even though the contractor would be legally liable to you for the cost of corrections, that's between you and him. The building inspector doesn't care about that, you as the owner are ultimately repsonsible to correct any code violations. At this point you can sit and wait to see if they ever uncover the open permit (could still be an issue if it comes to light when you sell) or call the building department and explain the problem and hope that they are reasonable....See Morewhat if we have electrical code violations?
Comments (10)my understanding is that HUD has alot of things that DIFFER from local and nec codes, some more strict, and some less strict. but after i posted i talked to the second elec insp who found all the violations and said they dont even meet HUD code. 95% of the violations were from the contractor. basiclly we got the grant from housing revitalization. they get their funding from the state of new york, and they get the money from HUD. housing revitalization came into our home, determined what needed to be worked on and sent it out to be bid on by a group of independant contractors that do work for them. lowest bid wins... work starts. housing revitalization is responsibile for inspecting each individual item on the job sheet (i.e., replace front door, install new breaker box, etc) as it is done, then a final inspection. all electrical is to be inspected by a certified elec inspector, approved by local code officer and finally housing revitalization. the contractor is in no way a certified electrician. he is an average joe who has a 2 man crew, is was very messy, worked for 2 days and took a week off, was rude, crude and has had to come back a dozen times to fix other things that werent right. bottom line is no one in this situation knew what they were doing. contractor did piss poor work, housing revitalization approved said piss poor work and now is coming back to haunt us. there are many days i wish we had never gotten this grant....See MoreCode Violation?
Comments (9)Probably yes, but more info is needed. Commercial codes are much more stringent than residential. If in doubt, some fire departments can answer such questions and will perform a free inspection. Talk to them first though and make sure they're not gonna ticket you. Some dept's such as in Chicago will ticket you for nothing to force political contributions so be careful. Here is a link that might be useful: Home Inspector Naples, Fort Myers, FL...See Moretexasredhead
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