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[red caddy]

Well, today is the day to celebrate! I just got the inspector's autograph on the FINAL inspection... The garagemahal is, according to the county code dipstics, DONE. The final took less than 2 min. Both inspectors (mech/structural and electrical) showed up at the same time, looked at the inside from the front door, Said "good job" and signed off on my permit sheet.
I had my transit set up and zero'd for final grade check, prints layed out with the pile of changes and notes with the appropriate pages copied from the southern building code book,etc.etc.etc., and my attitude properly spooled up for the anticipated fight, (about 2 nanoseconds from lifting safeties) Then, without a wimper, it was over. (I feel sooooooooo used)
Welp, it took nearly 2 years to plan and permit, 9 months to build, cost just under $52,000, with every body from the plans examiner to the power company pulling my chain. Provided some entertainment for you folks, in exchange for the great support you provided. Thank you each and every one.
Now the work starts anew, walls to paint, more air and elect. outlets to run, lofts to build, and 3 storage units to empty, and while all that is going on, try to get some payin' job's finished. (in my spare time, I'm 3 weeks into a part time job at the Lowe's store across the road, doin' print takeoffs and contractor service material tracking.) One thing's for sure, I ain't bored... RED

 

[SuperKid]

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy the place!

 

[snorvet]

Excellent! Congrats. Now its time to enjoy the new place

 

[Ramblur]

Congrats, now quit screwin around and get that Cad motor swapped
into the dually.

BTW my final was much the same,jump through all their hoops and in the
end they didn't look at anything... very anticlimatic.

 

[joecaver]

I hope you post some pics of the mez that you're adding. I'd like to see that too. Awesome garage.

 

[HoosierBuddy]

My entire permitting process took less than half a day and cost me $22.

If I would have lived in the county instead of the town, I wouldn't even have needed a permit. I realize I'm 600 ASF and 1000 miles inland, so hurricanes aren't normally a problem...but why have we let "our" government make it so hard for some people to use the land they "by God" own and they "by God" pay taxes on...as they "by God" please?

Posts like this make me nuts. You pay those people's salaries and at the end of the day feel like "they've done you a favor" or "you've gotten away with something" by being ALLOWED to do what should have been your RIGHT from the very first place.

I know there needs to be rules so codes are met and people don't hurt the value of their neighbors property too much by building something too unsightly...but what you describe is so far beyond that...it's pathetic.

Good luck with the stumps...watch out for them Fire Ants and them Aligators and them Hurricanes and them nosy neighbors and them Building Inspectors.

Phil

 

[Ramblur]

My entire permitting process took less than half a day and cost me $22.

If I would have lived in the county instead of the town, I wouldn't even have needed a permit. I realize I'm 600 ASF and 1000 miles inland, so hurricanes aren't normally a problem...but why have we let "our" government make it so hard for some people to use the land they "by God" own and they "by God" pay taxes on...as they "by God" please?

Posts like this make me nuts. You pay those people's salaries and at the end of the day feel like "they've done you a favor" or "you've gotten away with something" by being ALLOWED to do what should have been your RIGHT from the very first place.

I know there needs to be rules so codes are met and people don't hurt the value of their neighbors property too much by building something too unsightly...but what you describe is so far beyond that...it's pathetic.

Good luck with the stumps...watch out for them Fire Ants and them Aligators and them Hurricanes and them nosy neighbors and them Building Inspectors.

Phil

I've always been under the impression that we don't really OWN real
estate. Not even sure where the term "real estate" comes from,but it sure
doesn't describe much. Think that we just get a "title" that allows us to
make certain improvements (and then ONLY if the powers that be will
approve) on dirt that we rent(think property taxes) from our local
governments.
I live in central FL as far as you can be from the coast and still be in
the state. When I pulled my permit in 95, some 3 yrs. after huricane
Andrew hit south FL I was faced with some "new" rules. Before they
would issue the permit I had to have engineering data from the garage
door manufacturer to the effect that they will withstand a 150 mph
wind load. The local Wayne Dalton dealer had no such engineering
and it took a week to get something from the manufacturer. What they
faxed over was 20 pages of installation instructions fromdifferent series
of doors many which were duplicated. Back to the building dept. and they
issued the permit without so much as flipping through one page.
Now lets get "real" here for a minute, if the wind is gonna blow 150 mph
the "real" danger is not the wind but the "stuff" it is blowing around. Point,
during Andrew my now neighbors WWII B17 bomber "flew" for a mile and
managed to clear some 3 story buildings. Roof mounted A/C units the size
of VW's were ripped from their mountings and tossed around like empty
garbage cans. Reality is all the engineering in the world for wind load is
worthless the second anything blowing in the said wind impacts your door.
I guess I just don't get it...

BTW, Charlie,Frances,and Jean all came to visit in 04. Winds "they" say
up to 90mph locally here and plenty of damage,but I don't recall one failed
garage door, new or old. Hhmmm.

 

[cdrewferd]

Great looking building. Can't wait for updated pics as time goes by.

 

[bmwpower]

Any updates Red?