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The local building inspector just left me with some bad news. He was here for my rough electrical inspection. I have already had my structural framing inspection done and now he informs me that the playwood I removed from the wall was not just a firewall, but for structural integrity (here is a picture of the plywood in question, before it was removed.)
I told him the previous inspector had no problem with it being gone, and that I had already passed structural inspection, and that to add it now would be a MAJOR pain in the butt!
This is the same wall now . I have mounted all of the electrical, a new HVAC supply duct, projector conduit and a new stud wall in front of the old wall, and he is telling me to put the plywood back!!
To his credit, he is getting the engineering dept. to see if there is another alternative involving strapping and blocking. That would, in his words, be "ony a twelve cuss word job!"
He was very apologetic for the mix up, and I have to agree with him that since this is an earthquake zone, it needs to be fixed.
Other than that, he had only minor problems with the electrical, like requiring wire nuts on ground wires instead of just twisting them together. Easy stuff to fix.
Hopefully this won't set me back too much! I'm still shooting for a Super Bowl grand opening party!
I told him the previous inspector had no problem with it being gone, and that I had already passed structural inspection, and that to add it now would be a MAJOR pain in the butt!
This is the same wall now . I have mounted all of the electrical, a new HVAC supply duct, projector conduit and a new stud wall in front of the old wall, and he is telling me to put the plywood back!!
To his credit, he is getting the engineering dept. to see if there is another alternative involving strapping and blocking. That would, in his words, be "ony a twelve cuss word job!"
Other than that, he had only minor problems with the electrical, like requiring wire nuts on ground wires instead of just twisting them together. Easy stuff to fix.
Hopefully this won't set me back too much! I'm still shooting for a Super Bowl grand opening party!