caryseidner

I did an inspection today and found a sub-panel located in the bathroom. I remember seeing somewhere in the IRC that bathrooms are prohibited locations, so I looked it up when I got back to the office and found this in the 2006 IRC: "E3305.4 Location of working spaces and equipment.... Panelboards and overcurrent protection devices shall not be located in clothes closets or bathrooms." So fine I'll site the bad location in the report, but I've seen dozens of new construction condos with panels located in the closets. Technically they may be considered sub-panels, as the one I found in the bathroom today was, but this shouldn't make a difference...right? Should I have been calling all of these panels out in my reports?

I framed many of roofs with 20' Doug Fir 2 x 12's on 7/12 or greater slopes and when they are running at that angle the vertical dimension is gonna be at least 1-1/2" taller (my framing square is in storage and I don't feel like doing any sketches right now, so please give me a little latitude here) than if it were laying horizontal. Never saw a 2 x 14 before and we never used any engineered timbers for a the ridge. Maybe I was trained by a crappy carpenter. For some reason the rafters were changed from 1 dimension to a larger dimension. Maybe the rafter run length increased and the larger rafter was needed for the span. Maybe some goofy architect wanted a taller fascia. Maybe the carpenter had extra lumber left over from another job he (or she) was trying to use. Maybe 20 other things. I don't think its a problem....unless I WAS trained by a crappy carpenter.

I do like XP Jim. I started with Windows '95 and each version has been better than the previous. I couldn't say anything about Vista because I haven't used it yet. I suppose when I get a new computer I will upgrade to Vista, but frankly I haven't heard anything spectacular about it. I run Google Desktop on my XP system and I think that is integral with Vista, along with a bunch of security features and the ability to maximize the dual processor configuration in the new machines. Maybe some Vista users can chime in here.

I am using XP. I think this thread will get VERY long!

Why are the rafters on the left side and, the first two on the right side of the ridge a different size (2x10??) then the other rafters (2x12??)?