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I absolutely understand.  
 
This is purely a business decision.  If he want to take this official  on. 
He will not get a CO, His bank will keep charging for extensions of his  
loan. Assuming he has a loan. And probably 2 years down the road he might  get 
this issue done. What I see is FR paint and a GFCI > The total cost is  less 
than 100.00. 
 
I have been down this road and it is not pretty. Not to mention that this  
person is a contractor. I assume he will want to continue to work with this  
building department. 
 
 
Tom
 
 
In a message dated 5/23/2009 2:21:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jcoughlin at englehomes.com writes:

The  problem with rolling over when you are right and the inspector won't 
listen is  sort of like a dog humping your leg. If you let the dog hump you, 
he always  will and you will be his biatch.

Go to the BO first, then get BIA  involved. This will work 95% of the time.

Rolling over is NOT an  Option.

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From: WR290 at aol.com  
To: Jay Coughlin; FineR at gtlaw.com ; noleball at hotmail.com ;  
codetalk at myfloridacode.com 
Sent: Sat May 23 14:16:18 2009
Subject: Re:  [Florida Code Talk] Questionable call by Building official  


Charles:

I was not going to chime in on this.This is a  common happening. You can do 
one of two things. Take a recorder with you and  tell him you are recording 
his comments, send his comments along with a  complaint to DBPR. Or you can 
just make the repairs and go one with life. I  would absolutly recommend 
the second option. 

Tom Ricci CBO
BT  Builders Inc

In a message dated 5/21/2009 8:44:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight  Time, 
jcoughlin at englehomes.com writes:

This is typical of  some rouge inspectors. Call the CBO and it goes away
if not  in book, can be resolved in one day normally.

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Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:55  PM
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Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk]  Questionable call by Building official

(This is not intended to be legal advice) 

If it were me, and my county had a board of rules and appeals, I  would
file an appeal.  In my experience, the filing of  an appeal is enough to
lead to a discussion that frequently  resolves the matter without the
hearing being  necessary.  And if it doesn't get resolved, you have a set
date by which the matter will be resolved.    If your county  does not
have such a board, you can use the binding  interpretation process in Fla
Stat 553.775 which is very  fast. 

Good luck

Robert

Robert S. Fine,  Esq., AIA


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Subject: [Florida Code Talk]  Questionable call by Building official



I am trying to obtain a C.O. for a  residence we have completed and the
building official has  taken some liberties with his judgement.  I
usually try  to do what is asked of me by the building officials as I
will  likely be one one day but this one is taking it a bit far.



We have installed an  attic ladder (aluminum ladder) in the garage and
the  inspector refuses to issue a C.O. until the attic ladder and hatch
is painted with fire resistant paint.  Further, he insists that  we
install GFCI receptacles in the dining room (not kitchen)  which is not
required by the N.E.C. or the Florida Building  Code.  I took the book to
him and asked for him to show  it to me and he said that it is not in the
Code but it is in  "his code" and it is what he wants to see.  He insists
that the house will not pass until the hatch is painted with fire
retardant paint and the recepatcles in the dining room (not kitchen)  are
changed.



To make matters worse, he is the electrical inpector  for the
jurisdiction and is not licensed to do any other  inspections.  Does
anyone have any suggestions on this  one?  Soem of you are building
officials on here and may  be able to help me out.



Charles Walker

CW  Building Contractor, inc

CBC 1250992   CCC 1325996 CFC 1427782  

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