nasoj007
07-27-2008, 11:49 AM
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/366032
Did any of you read this article in the TJ last night?
The Inspector said
1/ "the work he was doing was not up to the standards adopted by the province," From what I see in the picture it looks pretty sturdy. If you read this as part of the whole statement it's a little ambiguous... are 2,3 and 4 the standards he's not living up to or are there other problems.
2/"that the lumber and windows he was using did not bear the proper safety stickers," IE: he didn't buy the wood he cut and milled it himself, no tax dollars to be made there. As far as the windows go, are they trying to tell me that if I smash through a picture window with a 'safety sticker' I'm not going to get cut as bad?
3/ "that the basement floor that had recently been poured had to be removed," Why??? is the cement the wrong colour, too hard (some kid might crack their skull) or did he make his own concrete instead of having some trucked in.
4/ "and that the door installed between the garage and house was illegal because it didn't automatically swing shut." What a $5 automatic closer couldn't have remedied this, he has to tear the whole house down and start again. Seems a little harsh.
I'm sorry but I don't know this guy from a hole in the ground and I'm still pretty confident that he could build a house better than the building code. I just feels like the powers that be just need him to spend a lot of money(taxes) to build an inferior house. Look at argument 2, you can't tell me that his home milled 2x4 is going to be weaker that a government approved 2x4. My uncle ran into the same problem, the inspector wanted him to use the approved 2x4's (1.5x3.5) to stud his wall instead of ruff cut true 2x6's. The reason, it's the code not because it makes sense. Apparently what's good enough for our parents isn't good enough for us.
Now I realize to codes are out there to protect us from shoddy building(like they really do anyway shoddy builders don't buy permits) but if someone is meeting the spirit of the code (building a safe solid house) and not the letter of the code that should be OK. Everything is to black and white. You can build something that is stronger/safer than the code and the Inspector will make you change it to the less strong/safe way because it's the code. It's foolish. Anyway that's enough venting for now.
Did any of you read this article in the TJ last night?
The Inspector said
1/ "the work he was doing was not up to the standards adopted by the province," From what I see in the picture it looks pretty sturdy. If you read this as part of the whole statement it's a little ambiguous... are 2,3 and 4 the standards he's not living up to or are there other problems.
2/"that the lumber and windows he was using did not bear the proper safety stickers," IE: he didn't buy the wood he cut and milled it himself, no tax dollars to be made there. As far as the windows go, are they trying to tell me that if I smash through a picture window with a 'safety sticker' I'm not going to get cut as bad?
3/ "that the basement floor that had recently been poured had to be removed," Why??? is the cement the wrong colour, too hard (some kid might crack their skull) or did he make his own concrete instead of having some trucked in.
4/ "and that the door installed between the garage and house was illegal because it didn't automatically swing shut." What a $5 automatic closer couldn't have remedied this, he has to tear the whole house down and start again. Seems a little harsh.
I'm sorry but I don't know this guy from a hole in the ground and I'm still pretty confident that he could build a house better than the building code. I just feels like the powers that be just need him to spend a lot of money(taxes) to build an inferior house. Look at argument 2, you can't tell me that his home milled 2x4 is going to be weaker that a government approved 2x4. My uncle ran into the same problem, the inspector wanted him to use the approved 2x4's (1.5x3.5) to stud his wall instead of ruff cut true 2x6's. The reason, it's the code not because it makes sense. Apparently what's good enough for our parents isn't good enough for us.
Now I realize to codes are out there to protect us from shoddy building(like they really do anyway shoddy builders don't buy permits) but if someone is meeting the spirit of the code (building a safe solid house) and not the letter of the code that should be OK. Everything is to black and white. You can build something that is stronger/safer than the code and the Inspector will make you change it to the less strong/safe way because it's the code. It's foolish. Anyway that's enough venting for now.