One of those times when I wish I was the Building Official, I have another Thread posted on this same forum that should explain the situation as to why my hands are tied on this project and every other project going on in the town for that matter.
In response to BOO1,
I'am located in Washington State in the North Cascades Area I would tell you the name of the town but I'am sure this is all going to blow up in the near future and living in a small town of about 700 people and having 4 children I need to be careful about fueling the fire...
Here's what is so interesting about this project....I'am a Building Inspector in Training and the Contractor is also the property owner and the Building Inspector who is suppose to be training me, Obviously he is not capable of training anyone or is he qualified to be a Building Inspector(this...
A local contractor is doing a remodel on an old (1940s) building which was burned by fire the back half (30') of the Bldg has about 18' ceiling height, he is leaving the burned 2x4 exterior bearing wall and framing inside of it using economy grade 2x4s with a height of about 17' the diffence in...
I should describe it as completely sandwhiching the flat truss with OSB from top to bottom and end to end, OSB was applied to one side of the truss he then removed the uprights and webs and applied OSB to the other side leaving only the top and bottom chords between the 2 sheets of OSB, you can...
I'm a entry level BLDG Inspector in a small town, A local contractor has gusseted some flat trusses with 7/16" OSB that were damaged in a fire, basically he jacked them up to get rid of the 4 inches of negative camber and sandwiched them with OSB the entire length of the span, Is this too...
I'am actually a Entry Level BLDG Inspector and I've been presented w/ a Contractor who has completely gusseted some flat roof trusses which have been damaged in a fire resulting in a negative camber of at least 4", he has jacked up the trusses and applied 7/16' OSB across the entire span of...
