Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Passed Rough Inspections

Well Kind of. Got passed rough electrical and plumbing inspections. Had to redo a title 24 energy audit because I wasn't using a furnace or air conditioning. Codes are so strict nowadays that even if you switch to something more efficient you need an engineer to re-quantify your entire energy audit. But after some changes to the vent pipe, I've gotten sign off. Turns out I also need an inspection for the insulation. Not just that it's there, but that's installed correctly. Another strict California code check. No gaps around outlets and what not. Hope to have that done over the fourth and get the walls started.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Finished Electrical and Plumbing

Finishing up the drain lines and adding a bathroom vent. A neighbor came up (thanks Steve) to help out and we finally got started taking down the remainder of the old cabin. Not sure when I'll finish up. We got the roof off, but there was another tarred roof underneath it. The inspector on my initial plumbing inspection had me redo several vent pipes because they were using the drain line. Not sure this isn't code, or just the inspector. The changes didn't take too long, but I did have to replace about 50 bucks worth of piping. And the scrap is pretty much unusable. Hoping that's enough to finish the inspection.