Not a Good Day with the Building Inspector

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited November 2011
    WilliamM2 wrote: »
    Is this a single or two story home?

    Cape cod, so I guess you could say either 1.5 or 2 story. Bedrooms on both levels if that helps. :cool:
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited November 2011
    kcoc321 wrote: »
    While I agree it is safer to have them interconnected, I read the Code section, and I think you havea grounds to apeal it based on the section I highlight below...

    It says "(Exception: when alterations/repairs do not result in the removal of interior wall or ceiling finish, unless there is an attic, crawl space or basement available which could provide access.)"

    Have you agrued this point with them? You are not opening the ceiling of the existing rooms, least from what I understand your scope of work.
    Worth a shot.

    As I was saying. We'll need to write a letter to the county supervisor explaining that we don't want to incur the damage. I believe they will grant us a waiver to use a wireless set-up after we go through all of the mumbo jumbo. So we''ll see. :cool:
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited November 2011
    Don't sweat it. Just explain it to the supervisor and they will grant the waiver. They can't force you to incur the additional damage to your house.

    Not to be a dick, but you didn't need another one for the addition. If you didn't have it, the inspector couldn't have failed you for the rest of them. If it were me, I'd remove it and alter my plans to reflect it...
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,773
    edited November 2011
    amulford wrote: »
    Not to be a dick, but you didn't need another one for the addition. If you didn't have it, the inspector couldn't have failed you for the rest of them. If it were me, I'd remove it and alter my plans to reflect it...

    I don't know if he needed one in the new addition, I didn't. But I still had to bring the rest of the house up to code. See bolded part below.
    Smoke Detectors IRC 317.1.1
    When interior alterations, repairs or additions requiring a permit occur, or when one or more sleeping rooms are added or created, smoke detectors shall be installed throughout the existing dwelling unit as required for new dwellings; the smoke alarms shall be interconnected & hard wired. (Exception: when alterations/repairs do not result in the removal of interior wall or ceiling finish, unless there is an attic, crawl space or basement available which could provide access.)
    In dwelling units, a Detector shall be installed in each sleeping room and outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms. In dwelling units with more than one story and in dwellings with basements, a Detector shall be installed on each story and in the basement.
    Repairs to the exterior surfaces of dwellings are exempt from the above.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited November 2011
    amulford wrote: »
    Don't sweat it. Just explain it to the supervisor and they will grant the waiver. They can't force you to incur the additional damage to your house.

    Not to be a dick, but you didn't need another one for the addition. If you didn't have it, the inspector couldn't have failed you for the rest of them. If it were me, I'd remove it and alter my plans to reflect it...

    In further conversations with my electrician, as long as the new smoke was added to the addition the county was okay with it. For some unknown reason they started cracking down on the IRC code. Believe me I wanted to take the new smoke out but not after all this hub bub. Like I said I just want to be finished with this already. :cool:
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