Joe’s Log Floor System R319
November 6th, 2008This is Joe’s new house, purchased Jan 2008. I would say the floor system is pretty eaten up with termites. Click on the picture for a bigger one.
Gas and Electric in Common Trench ?
October 27th, 2008
- Gas and Electric in Common Trench
Is this allowed. NEC 2005 300.8 is the closest code I can find that mentions gas lines with cables.
Dangerous Temporary Power Pole
October 27th, 2008Ouch that could hurt!!!
Dangerous Temporary Power Pole
Outbuilding Converted into House
October 13th, 2008
Outbuilding Converted into House
And its got central HVAC!!!
Central HVAC on outbuilding
Staple too Tight on Electrical Wire
October 13th, 2008Can somebody find me the code on this. I think it should have room to slide. This one is abviously too tight.
Staple Too Tight
White Wood (Non Treated Wood) on deck band.
October 13th, 2008This one was a hard one to change. The deck man kept telling me it was treated and said it looked white because of the weather. He was wrong. He found out after he changed it.
White Wood on Deck
You may need to click on the picture for a bigger one.
Temporary construction Pole powering a house
October 13th, 2008Check out this setup. Look at the size of those cables.
Temp Pole Powering a House
Fireblocking/stopping works. R602.8
October 13th, 2008This fire started in the basement. This is a 2nd floor light fixture. The only charing on the 1st and 2nd floor was where the fire went through small penetrations. One of the items in the code hearing meeting in Rochester 2007 was a code for sealing light fixtures.
Fireblocking Works
Horizantal Sediment Trap G2415.7
October 13th, 2008There are at least 2 things wrong here
- Sediment Drip Can’t be Horizontal.
- The trap is on the wornt side of the shutoof valve.
Sediment Trap
KAAAAAH-BOOOOOM (electrical bonding gone bad)
October 9th, 2008This house has GasTite flexable gas lines installed. I asked that the gas line be bonded as required by the manufacturer. This is what I got. It’s bonded to the plastic gas line, but close to the metal gas line.
Bonded to Plastic Gas Line
Interesting. In the event you ever needed this ground, it’s close enough to the metal pipe to act like a spark plug near a decent supply of flamable gas. At least the inferno would be oustide the house.