City Councles OMG

[Matthew Skowron]

Proposed Amendments to the ICC codes
the section on Maintinance in the IRC IPC IBC etc....

Work exempt from permit and inspection: sheet rock repairs and Electric waterheaters

Question on my part is----> Do they have a Clue. Any other Municipal inspectors have these councel problems??? this is damn frustrating we are out here protecting thoughs that dont want to be protected!

GERR total frustration

[Joshua Hardesty]

I think a heater should have a special permit.. as a plumber, I know I could get into a good amount of trouble if I'm working before a permit is pulled for a job, but in the case of an emergency water heater replacement, should I wait a day or two to get the permit before I touch the heater?

It should definately be inspected though. Keep the Home Depot and Lowes employees off my jobs.

[Jerry Peck]

but in the case of an emergency water heater replacement, should I wait a day or two to get the permit before I touch the heater?

Joshua,

You are covered with that here:

From the 2006 IRC (and in almost any code).

- R105.2.1 Emergency repairs. Where equipment replacements and repairs must be performed in an emergency situation, the permit application shall be submitted within the next working business day to the building official.

[Joshua Hardesty]

Say Jerry, is there a site online to view and search through the code?

[Jerry Peck]

I don't know of any free ICC online codes.

The Florida Code is ICC based and is free online ( Florida Building Codes 2004 Home Page (http://www2.iccsafe.org/states/2004_florida_codes/) ), but it is not an exact duplicate of the ICC, there are many Florida changes in it.